Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge will be helping to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Griffith Park fire this coming Thursday, May 8, at 10 AM.
The ceremony will take place just north of the Greek Theatre, and will also include Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Recreation and Parks General Manager Jon Kirk Mukri, and Los Angeles Fire Chief Douglas Barry.
From Councilman LaBonge's website:
Please help us recall the monumental effort made by firefighters, park rangers and others who protected Los Feliz residents, the historic Merry-Go-Round, the Griffith Observatory and the Greek Theatre during the devastating, 1,200-acre fire.
In related news, a benefit concert will be held at the Greek Theater on Wednesday, May 28th to help support Griffith Park's fire recovery. The show is an environmentally-themed concert featuring hip-hopper Ludacris and hard rocker Tommy Lee in a concert called Battleground Earth: Ludacris vs. Tommy Lee. The concert doesn't appeal to me personally, but I hope that it is successful in raising money for the recovery effort.
