Restoring the Vision Theatre brings a beacon of light to Leimert Park.
A vision of hope, art and life is nearing completion in South LA’s Leimert Park – the impressively restored Vision Theatre Performing Arts Center. It’s a project of Cultural Affairs, Public Works/Engineering, many other City departments, and countless community activists who have long dreamed of reopening it.
Read All About It: It’s Halloween!
Alive! reached out to Librarians at our favorite library, Los Angeles Public Library, for their recommendations for awesomely scare Halloween reads and watches. We decided to ask again, and here are fresh...
Young man dreams of becoming an LAPD Officer. Now he is one.
Some 25 years ago, a young Francisco Duarte met and told then-Chief Bernard Parks that Francisco’s dream was to become an LAPD Officer...
Mayor’s Office thanks StreetsLA for its work after Tropical Storm Hilary.
On Aug. 24, the Mayor’s Office said thanks for helping to clean up the mess caused by Tropical Storm Hilary...
Ryan Jensen saves life of a 9-year-old boy.
On Sept. 5, the LAFD’s Board of Fire Commissioners recognized Apparatus Operator Ryan Jensen for helping save the life of a nine-year-old boy during a structure fire in Sun Valley in March...
Monica De La Torre retires from LAPD Dispatchers after 27 years of...
A reception was held Feb. 1 for PSR III Monica “DLT” De La Torre, who retired from LAPD Communications (911 Operators) after 27 years of City service...
Freelance fire photographers, Alive! contributors are honored.
On Aug. 29, Fire Chief Kristin Crowley and senior staff honored the incredible freelance and department photographers who help tell the department’s story of heroism and the realities of firefighting...
Club CEO Robert Larios joins City’s celebration of Mexican independence.
The City marked Mexican Independence Day Sept. 15 with an El Grito celebration downtown outside City Hall and in Grand Park...
Port Police welcomes new Officer Orozco.
Officer Carina Orozco has become the newest Port Police Officer...
In Memoriam: Cuong Chau
Rec and Parks held a memorial service Aug. 13 for beloved employee Cuong Chau, Sr. Recreation Director II, who died July 6. He was 50 and had served the City officially for 24 years...
