good morning from #LA. can see the hollywood sign here.

ah, a jumble of No Parking signs with different times.

this time taking a lyft to expo/crenshaw metro instead to going to union station for the LAX flyaway bus.

was able to pick up a bulgogi breakfast burrito on the way out. #koreatown

The Koreatown Senior & Community Center is bringing back its free lunch program for seniors, this time with its longest guaranteed run yet. The center is partnering with the YMCA under a two-year agreement, which would allow the program — for the first time — to run continuously for that long. In the past, the center’s free lunch program typically lasted only a few months at a time before funding cuts forced it to scale back or stop temporarily. If all goes as planned, the program is expected to relaunch by late April. “We’re committed to identifying funding beyond the two years,” said Mario Valenzuela, chief mission advancement officer at the YMCA. #### News for your neighborhood, our LA. Sign up to learn more about The LA Local and get stories worth telling delivered to your inbox. * The LA Local * Boyle Heights Beat * Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake * Inglewood and South LA Sign up The program is returning as meal services for seniors across LA face ongoing funding challenges. In September, LA Public Press reported that some senior centers were cutting back on meals as pandemic-era funding expired and longer-term funding looked uncertain. Valenzuela said that across the YMCA’s 29 food distribution sites in the county, seniors now make up the majority of those seeking assistance. The YMCA was awarded $7.5 million last year to address food insecurity, and Valenzuela said the Koreatown senior lunch program is one way those funds are being used. The center launched its free lunch program in January 2024 with about 200 meals a day, funded by the city’s Department of Aging. But the number of meals steadily declined, from 200 to 50, before the program ended in early January. Hyun-ok Lee, president of the board of the Koreatown Senior & Community Center, said the sudden halt was difficult for people who had come to rely on the meals. “When the meal service suddenly stopped, a lot of seniors and people in the community really felt it,” Lee said. After the program stopped, the center began looking for new funding sources. That effort eventually led to a connection with the YMCA, facilitated by Assemblymember Mark Gonzalez, according to both the center and the YMCA. “It was important for the Assemblymember to ensure that meals are culturally sensitive, especially for the seniors in our district, so we were able to connect the YMCA with KSCC and reinstitute the daily distribution of Korean lunch boxes at KSCC,” Nina Suh-Toma, Gonzalez’s field representative, said. Valenzuela said the organization stepped in after hearing from multiple senior centers that funding for services was being cut. The Koreatown senior center’s free lunch program will cost between $210,000 and $250,000 a year and will initially provide 100 meals a day from Monday to Friday, with the goal of eventually increasing that number to 200. Valenzuela said the program is part of a broader shift at the YMCA to work more directly in communities. “We can no longer just focus within our four walls,” he said. “We really have to meet the community where they’re at.” The YMCA and the center are still working out the details of the partnership, including how meals will be distributed. Valenzuela said they’re currently looking for a food vendor that can provide Korean meals that are both culturally appropriate and meet nutritional guidelines. Valenzuela said he’s already seeing growing demand for these services. “I think the emerging need is there are a lot of cuts coming down the pipeline particularly to social services and the most vulnerable population right now are seniors,” he said. “We’re seeing it across LA County.” * * * **Community-powered journalism for your neighborhood** The LA Local is a nonprofit newsroom rooted in neighborhoods across Los Angeles. We believe **everyone deserves access to clear, relevant reporting** —especially coverage that centers your daily life, your block, and your local issues. Become a **Founding Member** by donating today to support our mission. ### _Related_

#Koreatown senior center to revive free lunch program as more elderly seek #FoodAssistance
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#LosAngeles #Hunger #Food #Seniors #Aging

Small good news: LADOT repaired the quick-build mini-circle at 4th and New Hampshire in #Koreatown

Why We Can't Have Nice Things: Drivers are Destroying Ktown Mini-Traffic Circle - Streetsblog Los Angeles Some Streetsblog readers are familiar with some of the sad history of the deadly intersection of 4th Street and New Hampshire Boulevard in L.A.’s Koreatown neighborhood. Last year, after a driver kill...

Why we can't have somewhat-nice-quick-build things: #Koreatown drivers are making a mess of a temporary traffic circle at 4th and New Hampshire. The city plans to install a permanent concrete version this year. la.streetsblog.org/2026/03/13/w...

To see how Koreatown has changed over the years, look at its restaurant menus From European restaurants serving pasta to Korean restaurants inscribing menus on gourds, food can provide a lens to see Koreatown’s development over time.

Tien Nguyen is "specifically focused on the neighborhood we now know as #Koreatown, and says tracing the evolution of dishes offered can help us understand its history." @laist.com: laist.com/news/food/to...

GlowSkin & Brows 38W W 32nd St #1007, New York, NY This spa uses German and Korean technique, machinery and products, everything is vegan and clean. #koreanspa #koreatown #veganspa #nycspa #lymphaticdrainage

#atwatervillage #glasellpark #higlandpark #montecitoheights #Koreatown #midwilshire #picounion #silverlake #dodgerstadium #lincolnheights #lincolnpark #cityterrace #centurycity #studiocity #tolucalake #eaglerock #elsereno #boyleheights #easthollywood #sunsetjunction

#atwatervillage #glasellpark #higlandpark #montecitoheights #Koreatown #midwilshire #picounion #silverlake #dodgerstadium #lincolnheights #lincolnpark #cityterrace #centurycity #studiocity #tolucalake #eaglerock #elsereno #boyleheights #easthollywood #sunsetjunction

#ICESpotted
#ICESpottedCalifornia

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#ICE

110 Cape Town St. vendor families have received support to pay their rent food and medicine. Donate now to help more struggling families stay safer while ICE raises Los Angeles at January summer watch out for scammers check spelling, and here’s the Venmo code. We can do it with a black

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📣 Help Koreatown street vendor families pay their rent and buy food and medicine during these trying times in LA.

🙏 Every bit of your help counts.

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#ForkICE
#FuckICE
#LosAngeles
#Koreatown

The sad story of #Koreatown 4th/NewHampshire intersection where the city is finally making long-delayed safety improvements after a driver killed 9-year-old Nadir Gavarrete

You just stumbled into the hottest secret concert in Los Angeles — in a mall How viral musician Nathaniel Young packed a Koreatown mall for an impromptu, solo show.

The hottest concert in Koreatown this past weekend may have been an impromptu, after-hours, one-man show at a closed shopping mall.

The crowds at the Koreatown Plaza didn’t gather for Korean eats at H Mart. They came to catch viral saxophonist Nathanial Young. #Koreatown

A $55M mall loan entering special servicing is where opportunity starts.
City Center on 6th in Koreatown (anchored by H Mart) is refinancing after maturity — proving grocery-anchored retail and infill centers still attract capital in LA.

#RetailCRE #LosAngelesRealEstate #Koreatown

Drivers already starting to destroy LADOT mini-traffic-circle at 4th St & New Hampshire Ave in #Koreatown. Installed in November 2025, photos from this morning

More workshops in #EastLA, #SouthLA, and #Koreatown. For the full schedule of events and webinars, head to: lacountyrentrelief.com/webinars-and-events.

#LACounty #RentRelief

Halmoni "We were silent as we wheeled Halmoni back to her room. I scooped her up by the shoulders as Mom lifted her legs. My grandmother's bony back...

Halmoni

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#writinglife #realism #American #Koreatown #LosAngelesCA #Columbia #activism #amreading #novel #fiction #fridayreads #booksky

2 arrested after pro-Palestinian protest disrupts event on LA synagogue campus - Jewish Telegraphic Agency Mayor Karen Bass denounced the protest at Wilshire Boulevard Temple as "abhorrent" and said it was antisemitic.

#Koreatown #pro-palestinian #WilshireBoulevardTemple #2 # #arrests #Mayor #KarenBass #denounced ‼️‼️
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#New: A 54-year-old man, Jovel, was #arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at the #LA #FederalBuilding after setting his #Koreatown apartment ablaze. No one was hurt. He faces charges of attempted property damage and possession of unregistered explosives.

Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong Ryan Lee Wong's Which Side Are You On is primarily a short, satisfying novel of Korean American experience in South California, but it also...

Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong

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#writinglife #realism #American #Koreatown #LosAngelesCA #Columbia #activism #amreading #novel #fiction #fridayreads

#atwatervillage #glasellpark #higlandpark #montecitoheights #Koreatown #midwilshire #picounion #silverlake #dodgerstadium #lincolnheights #lincolnpark #cityterrace #centurycity #studiocity #tolucalake #eaglerock #elsereno #boyleheights #easthollywood #sunsetjunction

#atwatervillage #glasellpark #higlandpark #montecitoheights #Koreatown #midwilshire #picounion #silverlake #dodgerstadium #lincolnheights #lincolnpark #cityterrace #centurycity #studiocity #tolucalake #eaglerock #elsereno #boyleheights #easthollywood #sunsetjunction

Before anyone gets the Sunday scaries, please take a second to watch our video from RFK Community Schools in Koreatown, Los Angeles. #Koreatown #losangeles #theLALocal

#topangacanyon #LAFC 
#portoflosangeles #portoflongbeach 
#PortOfSanPedro #judgemathis #judgejudy #atwatervillage #glasellpark #higlandpark #montecitoheights #Koreatown

#topangacanyon #LAFC 
#portoflosangeles #portoflongbeach 
#PortOfSanPedro #judgemathis #judgejudy #atwatervillage #glasellpark #higlandpark #montecitoheights #Koreatown #midwilshire #picounion #silverlake #dodgerstadium

Daytime scene on an autumn day in the Midtown section of a large city borough, facing down a crowded street while surrounded by high-rise buildings; this section of Midtown is called "Koreatown" because there are many Korean people here and it is filled with Korean eateries, grocery shops, tea shops, and other places that celebrate Korean culture; this is a weekend before a holiday so, in addition to normal Saturday traffic, there are many families shopping around this very retail-heavy area; in the distance, before the cloudy sky, a tall skyscraper building, a bit lacking in unique design, rises above the streets and another building is seen with a green elevated walkway.

New York photo of the day.
Manhattan.
51°F (11° C), mostly cloudy.
#NYC #City #Busy #Street #Traffic #Midtown #K-town #KoreaWay #Koreatown #HMart

a man in a suit is sitting in front of a door that says " you did it " Alt: Buddy the elf bursts in to say " you did it! "

Hi!

We're looking to highlight local/ small businesses in the Los Angeles area (Koreatown, Pico Union and Westlake) for an upcoming gift guide at The LA Local. The newsletter will go out in a few weeks.

Loved to hear your recs 🤩

Help us say we did it!
#Koreatown #picounion #Westlake #gifts

Ok I finally lost it today cos I watched planes patrolling the sky. They circled widely as long as I was out there, mostly two planes but I saw three as well. It was so quiet in the sky. Zero helicopters. Am i the only one who saw this? #LosAngeles #Koreatown #Midcity #planewatchers

A brief look at the proposed
6th Street Pedestrian Plaza in #Koreatown. The community is working with the city to temporarily close a few blocks, & study a permanent closure

It’s a tiny low temporary roundabout, but I am happy to see that it slows down most turning drivers. (New installation at 4th & New Hampshire in #Koreatown)

Today LADOT installed official crosswalks and interim quick-build traffic circle at 4th & New Hampshire in #Koreatown