Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

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July 8, 2008

“Nameless Neighborhood”

Posted by arizbe under Economic Development, Housing, Personal Stories
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This part of South L.A. (former South Central) was once the heart of jazz and African American culture.  Now it has been forgotten and turning into a nameless neighborhood.  For complete article follow this link:Without a name, former ‘South Central’ L.A. has become almost invisible
                                                                             
The corner of Central Avenue and Adams Boulevard. Many residents say they feel their area has been forgotten. But even if they can’t say for sure what that area is, they express strong feelings about its future. “It’s not that they don’t want a name,” says Vivian Bowers, a Central Avenue businesswoman. “If you gave them a name, they would wear it with pride.”
 

July 8, 2008

“Hospital closure adds to struggle to obtain care in South L.A.”

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LOS ANGELES – The patients line up at 6:30 a.m. outside the tidy clinic. Two hours later, when it opens, they’ll sit and wait some more.There are 22-year-olds holding neat piles of pills on their laps; small children whose mothers try to distract them with plastic rattles; and elderly immigrants who sit silently, staring at nothing in particular until their names are called. And there are nearly 70 percent more of them walking into the St. John’s Well Child and Family Center in Compton since nearby Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital closed its doors last summer.

The San Diego Union-Tribune. By Jennifer Steinhauer

UPDATE: According to Mary Carroll of Los Angeles County Health Services, Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital is not entirely closed.  According to her, inpatient services and the emergency room were closed in 2007, not outpatient services.  Please read the comments.