Leimert Park

Some Leimert Park residents are teaming up to turn their front lawns into vegetable gardens that the whole community can benefit from.

Residents in Leimert Park are turning their front lawns into vegetable gardens that the whole community can benefit from. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News on Nov. 22, 2022.

A Leimert Park intersection will be dedicated Saturday as Barbara Morrison Square in honor of the late legendary jazz singer, coinciding with the anniversary of her birth and the inaugural edition of the Barbara Morrison Jazz & Blues Music Festival.

New body-worn video of a police shooting in Leimert Park from July was released Thursday, in which LAPD officers can be heard acknowledging that the suspect, Jermaine Petit, was not holding a weapon before officers opened fire on the man.

The LAPD on Thursday released police bodycam video that shows the shooting of an unarmed man in Leimert Park. Kathy Vara reports for the NBC 4 News at 5

New Images of alleged weapon man was holding before LAPD shooting in Leimert Park. Reports Eric Leonard on August 1, 2022. 

The LAPD shared photos Monday of an object, initially described as a weapon, that was allegedly held by a man shot by officers in Leimert Park last month, along with still images from police body worn video of the incident and a portion of the transcript of the 9-1-1 call that sent officers to the scene.

LAPD announced that a man shot by police in Leimert Park was not armed, he was carrying an auto part.

New details about the LAPD shooting a man in Leimert park show important information.

Man shot by officer in Leimert Park was not armed with a gun, Police Chief says he was holding an auto part. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News on Tuesday, July 19, 2022.

A man was shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers in Leimert Park Monday night. 

A man was shot in Leimert Park on Monday night after police say they believe he was armed with a deadly weapon. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on July 18, 2022.

Celebrations are happening all over Southern California Saturday and Sunday in honor of Juneteenth, the day that marks the end of slavery in the United States.

Celebrations for Juneteenth are happening all over Southern California this weekend. Lauren Coronado reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on June 18, 2022.

Leading up to this year’s Juneteenth celebration, some community members in Leimert Part want to rename the area Africa Town to reflect what it has become.

Leading up to Juneteenth, some community members in Leimert Park want to rename the area to reflect what it has become. John Cadiz Klemack reports on the NBC4 News at 4pm on Thursday, June 16, 2022.

A woman in her 20s and 2-year-old child were shot Friday afternoon in the Leimert Park area.

Music was the key that opened doors for Fernando Pullum. He’s sharing that key with young musicians.

A popular Leimert Park musician “plays” it forward by teaching performing arts for free to children in his community.

With a performing arts center dedicated to her namesake in Leimert Park, legendary jazz and blues artist Barbara Morrison was known as the soul mother of this area. Now, a small memorial is growing on the sidewalk outside of the Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center as she passed Wednesday morning at the age of 72 due to an undisclosed illness.