I am so proud of this issue of the Boulevard Sentinel. Bill Hendrickson’s reporting on the impending eviction of two senior citizens in Eagle Rock is advocacy journalism at its best. The achievement of local high school graduates in the Class of 2019 is something the entire community can feel good about. The front page […]
Continue ReadingI’m ready for summer to get here, but sometimes I’m not sure there’s much of a break in store. One of our front page stories this month, on local preparations for the 2020 census, shows how big national events impact us in our own neighborhoods. Filling out the census form once every 10 years should […]
Continue ReadingThis was a news-heavy month, especially regarding the schools in our area. Fingers crossed for Eagle Rock Elementary as it navigates a big and sudden budget cut, covered by Laura Brady-Allen on our front page. And kudos to the two runoff candidates for School Board. They’ve done their part to get this far. Now it’s […]
Continue ReadingI have to start this letter with a few shout outs. First, to Tina Wu, a senior at Franklin High in Highland Park, and the rest of the Franklin Academic Decathlon team. (Read all about them starting on the front page). What an accomplishment. All of us at the Boulevard Sentinel are rooting for you […]
Continue ReadingHere’s some unsolicited advice: If you want some real insight into what’s going on in NELA, read this issue cover to cover. In our front page crime story, Joel Sappell, a resident of Eagle Rock and former reporter and editor with the L.A. Times, teamed up with the Boulevard Sentinel’s Laura Brady-Allen to cover the […]
Continue ReadingHappy New Year! I wish you all the best, at this time of year and always. As for me, I need to exhale. When we were putting this issue together, we put together the recap you will see on page 12. It shows the 12 covers of the Boulevard Sentinel for 2018. […]
Continue ReadingFirst of all, Happy Holidays. No matter how you celebrate or what you celebrate, I wish you all a joyful, healthy holiday season, where we put the old year behind us and look forward to the new one. Second, thank you to all of the merchants and shoppers that helped to make Shop Small Eagle […]
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Where do I start? Last month, I ended my Publisher’s Letter by reminding people to register to vote if they weren’t already registered. Now, the midterm election is here, so, please, vote. It’s important. And if you don’t believe me, check out the Lani Says column on page 10. She’s not old enough to vote […]
Continue ReadingIs NELA getting more interesting? Or is the Boulevard Sentinel getting more interesting? Or both? I love this issue and I hope you will, too. Real journalism and great follow up on issues, like the parking-lots-to-housing plan in Lincoln Heights that Bill Hendrickson writes about on the front page. It so common that an issue […]
Continue ReadingPeople in NELA are changing the world. That is the thought I had looking at this issue of the Boulevard Sentinel. Miry Whitehill, whose Miry’s List organization to help refugees has been awarded a $200,000 grant (front page), launched the effort while serving on the Eagle Rock Neighborhood Council (ERNC). She credits another ERNC member, […]
Continue ReadingSummer is supposed to be a slow time. But as this issue of the Boulevard Sentinel shows, there is really no slowing down in NELA. Either things are happening in the area or things taking place elsewhere affect the area. And it’s not all good. For instance, on page 9, we review the latest information […]
Continue ReadingThere’s more change coming to Highland Park, and more questions about what it all will mean. (“Figueroa St. Gets a New Landlord,” front page). I want to commend Bill Hendrickson for the careful eye he brings to the real estate transactions that are reshaping our communities before our very eyes. Our other front page story […]
Continue ReadingWelcome to Summer, 2018. It’s cliché to say that time flies, but it’s a cliché because it’s true! I don’t know about you, but I can’t hear “Pomp and Circumstance” without tears coming to my eyes. Everyone in NELA has cause to be proud of the Class of 2018, from Franklin High and Eagle Rock […]
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It was a news heavy month. As we prepared to go to print for the April edition, the police identified two suspects in the murder in January of Daniel Duarte, a homeless man, in Montecito Heights. In a debut article for the Boulevard Sentinel, veteran journalist Diana Martinez Chavez covered the LAPD press conference for […]
Continue ReadingI would be hard pressed to choose a favorite time of year, but the start of Springtime is up there, with its tie to making things new again. Some of the articles in this issue revolve around a renewal theme: The renovation of the Frank’s Camera building in Highland Park is now home to eight […]
Continue ReadingNELA seems to be looking to the future these days, with the launch of plans to revitalize the Los Angeles River and to refurbish Eagle Rock Blvd. rising to the top of our news coverage this month. In an era when public improvements, large and small, seem impossible to get off the ground, it is […]
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