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County of Los Angeles
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Department of Parks and Recreation
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NEWS
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National Public Lands Day
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National Public Lands Day is the nation's largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance public lands for Americans to enjoy and the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation invite everyone to visit a participating park to help celebrate this fun event on September, 25, 2010. The day’s event offers volunteers an opportunity to help build trails and bridges, remove trash and invasive plants, plant trees and restore water resources.
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This program will provide nearly 800 California native trees for planting at six Los Angeles County Parks: Castaic Lake State Recreation Area; Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park; Franklin D. Roosevelt Park; Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area; Whittier Narrows Nature Center and Whittier Narrows Recreation. Find a park near you and help to environmentally restore and beautify a natural habitat today!
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CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FLYER
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Free and Low-Cost Summer Concerts in
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Los Angeles County Parks
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The entire family can enjoy summer concerts at Los Angeles County park locations throughout Los Angeles County. Most concerts are free and low cost.
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To find a concert near you, click here for listings.
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The Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation will begin its Parks After Dark (PAD) program at three Los Angeles County parks on Wednesday, July 7, 2010. PAD will offer surrounding communities and youth extended park hours and activities and will be implemented at three County parks: Ted Watkins Park and Franklin Roosevelt Park in the Florence Firestone area and Pamela Park in the unincorporated area of Duarte.
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Extended park hours will take place Wednesdays to Saturdays between July 7 and September 4, 2010. Additional programming and activities for all community residents will include sports activities, cultural and educational activities, musical concerts in the parks, movies in the parks, employment opportunities for local youth and resource fairs. For a complete listing of hours and activities that will be available at each location, click here to review the brochure.
PAD will provide youth with productive activities to decrease the likelihood of participation in at-risk behavior, including gang activity and is a component of the County’s Gang Initiative intended to reduce gangs and gang violence. The goal of PAD is to strengthen individuals in communities and influence them to see their communities and neighbors in a better light.
PAD is made possible through a partnership among the Los Angeles County Department of Parks and Recreation, LA 84 Foundation, Los Angeles County Chief Executive Office, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles County Probation Department, Los Angeles County Public Library, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Los Angeles County Department of Community and Senior Services, Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission, Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office and Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
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The Second phase of the Department of Parks and Recreation Public Information Campaign Play for Life! is well underway.
The Play for Life! campaign’s message encourages youth, teens, families, seniors and everyone in between to be active, be healthy and to do so at one of the 145 Los Angeles County Parks facilities. Read More…
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Stop and Smell the Flowers! At 4 Arboreta and Botanic Gardens
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Take a Hike! on 337 Miles of Hiking and Equestrian Trails
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Make a Splash! at 27 Public Swimming Pools
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Chill Out! at 14 Lakes
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Go Fore It! at 19 Public Golf Courses
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Walk it Off! At 94 Local and Regional Parks
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Get Cultured! At the Hollywood Bowl and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre
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Be One with Nature! At 19 Nature Centers and Wildlife Sanctuaries
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Links for articles previously posted:
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2009 Lake Boating Enforcement and Aquatic Safety Report
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Letter from our Director
2009 Lake Boating Enforcement and Aquatic Safety Report
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The Los Angeles County Junior Golf Program Application
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Take part in the 2010 Census!
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www.census.lacounty.gov
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
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