Category: Community Events
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Los Angeles Dodgers Back-to-Back Parade
November 3, 2025 On November 3, 2025, approximately 500,000 fans packed the streets and watched as the Los Angeles Dodgers strolled through downtown celebrating their back-to-back World Series win. The drone footage was shot towards 1st & Grand Avenue facing west as the team headed to 7th street. CLICK HERE FOR MORE PARADE COVERAGE
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Central Avenue Jazz Festival – Sept. 20, 2025
These are a few pics from the 30th annual Central Avenue Jazz Festival held in Los Angeles, CA The event is a tradition as it pays homage to the Jazz history which started during the 30’s. More than 10,000 festival-goers packed Central Avenue between Vernon Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
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EastcoastTrek 2025 – March on Washington – 62nd Anniversary
This year’s trek started in Houston, then to New York to the District of Columbia and ending in Baltimore. On Thursday, August 28, 2025 the March on Wall Street took place. It was noted more than one hundred thousand were in attendance from all over the nation to participate in the event. It commemorated the…
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Rick & Ron’s Old School Picnic v2025
Ganesha Park, Pomona CA On Saturday, July 26, 2025 Rick and Ron’s Old School Pomona picnic completed it’s 10th year. During this past year we lost several key soldiers such as Debbie Henson, James Bell, Kevin Wright, just to name a few. Still folk came out and had great fellowship. DJ Wen showed his…
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Aruba ’25
Marriott has about 7 properties in Aruba featuring different brands. In Palm Beach or the northern part of the country is two timeshare properties: The Surf Club and the Ocean Club. Next door is the Marriott Resort which features the largest casino in Aruba, and next door is the Ritz-Carlton. Since 2006 we invested in…
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SouthernTrek 2025 – Recap
We recently completed another trek, this one covering four southern states. The weather was basically OK, except for a quick thunderstorm on March 9th while we were in Selma, AL The primary reason for this trek was to participate in the 60th Bridge Crossing Jubilee which was in Selma, AL. The other reason was to…
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SouthernTrek 2025 – New Orleans
The legendary Congo Square The iconic Dookey Chase restaurant RETURN TO HOME PAGE
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SouthernTrek 2025 – Atlanta, GA – Tuskegee & Montgomery, AL
Atlanta, GA Tuskegee, AL Montgomery, AL LEGACY MUSEUM COMPLEX The Legacy Museum complex located in downtown Montgomery is a variety of venues. They offer a shuttle to take you around Legacy Museum As of this posting NO PHOTOS ARE ALLOWED Legacy Plaza Lynching Museum Scuplture Garden As of this posting VERY LIMITED PHOTOS ARE ALLOWED…
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SouthernTrek 2025 – Selma Trail – National Historic Trail – Selma to Montgomery & Civil Rights Memorial Park, Selma
Civil Rights Memorial Park At the base of the Edmund Pettis bridge was you are crossing into downtown Selma. RETURN TO HOME PAGE
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SouthernTrek 2025 – Bridge Crossing Jubilee – Selma, AL
Civil Rights Memorial Park & other important sites around Selma
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St. Francis Dam Collapse
As a native of Los Angeles I had never heard of this calamity which occurred in 1928. I was finally able to visit the site of where the dam would have been and of course earlier in the week I toured the 54 miles to the Pacific Ocean to see where the water flowed. This…
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Eaton Fire (Altadena) where did it start and how did it start?
The fire department of the county of Los Angeles has not made public the cause of the historic Eaton fire which started in the Altadena (Pasadena) suburb of Los Angeles. I visited the site today and the pictures below document what I saw. As to the cause of the fire, there is speculation it started…
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Drone view of the Fernando Valenzuela Mural
This is a short clip of the newly unveiled Dodger great Fernando Valenzuela mural located in Boyle Heights on 1st Street, immediately east of the 5 Freeway. Muralist Robert Vargas did another masterpiece.
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Los Angeles Dodgers Parade – Nov. 1, 2024
These clips are from the Dodgers parade starting at City Hall and weaving through downtown Los Angeles to 5th Street and Flower Street This is Judith 3rd Dodgers World Series celebration and her 2nd Parade.
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Dr. King’s dream and his legacy
This is a mural featured on 5th Avenue and Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles. It is facing west. As of this note, I can’t make out the muralist but whoever it is they did a great job.
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A morning at the Museum of African-American Art
One of the Negro League Baseball Museum’s (NLBM) traveling exhibits is on display at the Museum of African-American Art at the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw Plaza shopping center. The tremendous works were created from commissioned artist of NLBM. The work is copyrighted and cannot be saved or otherwise presented, except for personal use. On June 29 my…
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OJ Simpson – “The Juice is loose”
The controversy regarding his life after his football and acting career will always be a hot topic. Regardless of personal feelings he was found NOT GUILTY of murder. He passed April 10, 2024 at 76 years of age. Code Blu dedicated a song to him “Don’t squeeze the juice.”
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Kobe Bryant Statue Unveiled
The Los Angeles Lakers unveiled the long-awaited statue of Kobe Bryant yesterday. It was a private affair. Today the public was invited to see the great work of art. Here are a few pics.
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Endeavour Space Shuttle – new home being prepared
The California Science Center is nearing the final phase in building the new home of the Endeavour space shuttle. Located adjacent Figueroa street at the science center campus, the shuttle will be sandwiched between two booster rockets which are already in place. Once completed it will be an iconic site as it will sit upright and show…
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TOS ’23 Drone Footage
This is some raw (unedited) drone (aerial) footage shot showcasing the 18th annual Taste of Soul (TOS) which was on October 21, 2023 in South Los Angeles. The event has morphed in popularity as the event takes over historic Crenshaw Blvd. (known as the current Black business street) from Stocker Blvd. and goes north to…
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Isla Intersections – Cargo Shipping containers converted for housing – 54 units earmarked for Homeless Angelenos
Shipping containers have caught the eye of many property developers as a low-cost option in creating affordable housing. This property is located at Broadway & Imperial Highway in South Los Angeles.
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Day trip to Ventura via Metrolink [Amtrak]
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Yelp Community Experience: Go Green with Metrolink for us was Wednesday, April 12th. We opted for a day trip to Ventura. My ride was comped and Judith’s fare was $15 (roundtrip) from the Metrolink app. Had we selected Amtrak the fare would have been a bit more. The ride was a tad more than two…
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Rick & Ron’s Pomona Old School Picnic ’22
You know the event will be memorable when Bro. Zack Green is in attendance. Ganesha Park was host to him and other grios as well over 500 folk joined in to celebrate this annual event that has become an old-school favorite. Here are a few images.
