eMagazine - February 2007 Discover the newly expanded West San Gabriel River Parkway and nature trail The Lakewood community celebrated the completion of the final segment of the city’s West San Gabriel River Parkway Nature Trail project on February 3 with a celebratory tour of the mile-long walking and jogging path along the west bank of the river. See this eMagazine

eMagazine - September 2006 Sky Knight: 40 Years of Aerial Law Enforcement: 1966 to 2006 and counting The staccato beat of police helicopter rotors, lens flare from a 3-million-candle-powered spotlight, and focused blare of a 200-watt public address system have become movie clichés. But, the enhancements of Dolby sound, and stadium seating can’t tell the story of Lakewood’s Sky Knight—the first scheduled day/night helicopter law enforcement patrol program in the world. See this eMagazine

eMagazine - September 2005 San Gabriel River open space parks get a $300,000 boost for expansion The San Gabriel River will soon be completely bounded by Lakewood parks, walking paths, bike trails and the rustic 3,000 square foot S. Mark Taper Foundation Vista Lodge at Monte Verde Park. At their July 26 meeting, the Lakewood City Council allocated $300,000 in grant funding from the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy to develop 2.3 barren acres along the west bank of the San Gabriel River to complete another “passive open space” link in the existing River Parkway Nature Trail. The landscaping project will extend the nature trail along the river from Carson Street to a new Del Amo Boulevard trail head. See this eMagazine

eMagazine - July 2005 ‘Pillars of Community’ give insight into Lakewood The dedication of the grant-financed "Pillars of Community" public artwork at the Lakewood Civic Center was the capstone of special community events celebrating the city's fiftieth anniversary. (Click on photos below to see large images.) Lakewood Online has collected photographs and background information to give residents a look at this landmark exhibit. The Pillars and accompanying information guide provide unique insight into historic city events and people. Seeing the Pillars is worth a summer evening walk. Follow this link to a map of the Lakewood Civic Center area. See this eMagazine

eMagazine - August 2004 50 years of good lookin'Lakewood Neighborhoods For over fifty years, the City of Lakewood has grown and prospered. Lakewood now has a population of some 81,000, and 26,000 households. It has changed in some ways but stayed the same in the ways that are most important--especially its neighborhoods. Caring for its neighborhoods has been a community tradition from the day the first residents moved into the new homes of Lakewood in the 1950’s. | See this eMagazine

eMagazine - July 2004 Lakewood is named California’s ‘SportsTown’ by Sports Illustrated Magazine Sports Illustrated has named Lakewood California’s “SportsTown” in celebration of the magazine’s 50th anniversary. Lakewood is the only California city so designated. Sports Illustrated, in a joint program with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), has designated one community in each of the fifty states as a SportsTown USA. Lakewood, coincidentally also celebrating its 50th anniversary of incorporation, is the last of the 50 cities to be honored for its community involvement in healthy, active sports programs. (Left: Softball at Boyar Park in Lakewood, 2003.) See this eMagazine