Every neighborhood has a soundscape, a mélange of musical and sometimes nonmusical noises all its own. Whether it's music, birds, car horns or ice cream trucks, KPCC's Take Two morning show wants to feature those sounds (good and bad) that provide a soundtrack to your every day. 

We have created a short set of questions and a way to record and upload audio. 

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Are your students interested in improving their SAT/ACT scores? Attend a FREE Kaplan college prep event at the California Science Center, which includes a practice test and a test strategies workshop! All students who take the practice test will also receive SAT and ACT digital flashcards for free!

Event held at:

California Science Center, Wallis Annenberg Building

700 Exposition Park Drive

Los Angeles, CA 90037

SAT/ACT Combo Practice Test

Saturday, February…

24th Street Theatre commended

by City of Los Angeles

for making a difference in the lives of Angelenos

and audiences around the world

Los Angeles, Calif. — On Friday, January 11, 24th Street Theatre received a commendation from the City of Los Angeles for…

Natural History Museum of L.A. County has some very exciting news they are bursting to share—their School Programs team has recently received a grant to fund bus transportation to the NHM and Page Museum (La Brea Tar Pits) for Title 1 schools in L.A. County! This program will begin in February 2013, so keep an eye on their website …

ECCLA is pleased to announce that this year, a total of 18 schools, 551 students, and 31 teachers participated in our fall essay contest, "What I Want Most that Money Can't Buy." The preliminary rounds are in session and the final judging rounds will take place at the end of this month. We are delighted with the turnout this year and would like to thank everyone who participated and wish you the best of luck! Keep your eyes peeled for the announcement of our spring essay contest on…

Mercado La Paloma has recently earned a reputation as a foodie destination - as it not only is home to Yucatan-flavored Chichen Itza, but it also spawned Mo-Chica. The food court atmosphere near the DMV just east of USC on Grand Avenue also has a tailor and Mexican gift shop.

And now the business incubator is mixing in art and…

Get involved, meet like-minded people and hobnob with the powerbrokers you elected at the Empowerment Congress

Saturday, January 19 at USC. Tens of thousands of residents will converge on the campus for the 21st edition of this tradition started by L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas.

Registration: 8 a.m.

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Keep your community beautiful - recycle that Christmas tree. It's easy - please tell your neighbors how easy.

You can place the tree on the curb and it will be picked up with the regular trash! Ain't that great.

Call the City of Los Angeles Christmas Tree Recycling Hotline: (800) 5-TREE-56 for information about recycling in your neighborhood.…

St. John's Well Child & Family Center will host weekly Diabetes classes from 8:30AM to 12:00PM.

The classes are held every:

Friday at Compton: 2115 N. Wilmington Ave. Compton, CA 90022.

Wednesday at Hoover: 5701 S. Hoover St. Los Angeles, CA 90037

Thursday at Magnolia: 1910 S. Magnolia Ave, Suite 101, Los Angeles, CA 90007

For more information, contact Maria Naranjo Community Health Promoter at mnaranjo@wellchild.org or (323) 541-1616, ext.…

The 7th annual 24th St. Theatre Dia de los Muertos is tonight Nov 2nd and features altar-making, music, dance, food, and community!

Latin Grammy nominees…

Charitable organizations eligible for the BGA grant must…

Our team at Annenberg Innovation Lab in collaboration with Community Services Unlimited and T.R.U.S.T. South LA this week released our…

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Los Angeles’ fifth CicLAvia heads from Expo Park up Figueroa past USC all the way the USC Health Sciences Campus in Boyle Heights. You just have to get on your bike to enjoy streets that are open only for bikes - NO CARS ALLOWED.

Today Sunday, October 7, from 10 am-3 pm 9.1 miles of normally congested streets is a linear park…

Trojan Neighbors

        TROJAN NEIGHBORS is a community initiative developed to foster a relationship between The University of Southern California and its community.  Activities are provided on a weekly basis to enrich the lives of the children within the University Park Community and its surrounding area. All activities are supervised and led by University of Southern California graduate students.

Program…

The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC) is organizing 'bike ambassadors' across Los Angeles - or Neighborhood Bike Ambassadors (NBA). On Wednesday, August 29 at 7 PM in the USC Gerontology…

Los Angeles Child Guidance has two new positions especially suitable for local parents in our community.  They are 30 hours per week, and focused on outreach and engagement of local parents.  Check out the postings at http://www.lacgc.org/e_positions.htm#ParentEdu

Hello my name is Liliana Vasquez I recently joined this group. A little about myself I grew up in the area of University park lived all my life in the parameters that are between Toberman and Vermont Jefferson 23rd St area.

I am interested in the preservation and cultural history our neighborhood. In recent years I have noticed a revival in the interests of neighborhoods all around the Downtown Los Angeles areas. I feel that our area is as rich in history if not more then places such…