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http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oabma-boulevard-20180828-story.htmlL.A.'s newest street: Obama Boulevard
By Alejandra Reyes-Velarde
Aug 29, 2018 | 7:15 AM
The Los Angeles City Council voted to rename Rodeo Road as Obama Boulevard in honor of former President Obama, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced in a tweet Tuesday night.
Were thrilled that Angelenos and visitors will forever be reminded of the legacy of President @BarackObama when traveling across L.A., he said in the tweet.
Not to be confused with the upscale Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills, Rodeo Road is a 3.5-mile street that runs from near the Culver City border east to Mid-City.
The move is not the first to honor the former president. In September, a resolution by state Sen. Anthony Portantino (D-La Cañada Flintridge) to rename a portion of the 134 Freeway passed. Several California schools have also been named after Obama, and in the Monterey Bay town of Seaside, city leaders designated one street Obama Way.
tulipsandroses
(5,124 posts)I bet there will never be a Trump road- school or anything.
Well, maybe a jail. That would be fitting.
rurallib
(62,423 posts)oasis
(49,389 posts)Cha
(297,297 posts)oasis
Cha
(297,297 posts)Fish!
Hawaii's newest species named in honor of President Obama
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The new species is the only coral-reef fish that lives exclusively within the marine protected area, which was recently expanded by the President
Scientists have published a description of a new species of coral-reef fish that they named in honor of President Barack Obama. The fish, formally named Tosanoides obama, was discovered during a June 2016 NOAA expedition to the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161221111339.htm
Obama Boulevard is Too Cool!
oasis
(49,389 posts)Mahalo, Cha for bringing this to our attention.
Anything about Obama is such a refreshing relief.
Cha
(297,297 posts)the Desert..
oasis
(49,389 posts)I get ono for some ahi and mahi mahi. yum.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,234 posts)Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,896 posts)Down on Obama Boulevard....it just sounds right.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Cha
(297,297 posts)snip//
The new species is the only coral-reef fish that lives exclusively within the marine protected area, which was recently expanded by the President
Scientists have published a description of a new species of coral-reef fish that they named in honor of President Barack Obama. The fish, formally named Tosanoides obama, was discovered during a June 2016 NOAA expedition to the remote Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161221111339.htm
Obama Boulevard is Too Cool!
dalton99a
(81,515 posts)Cha
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