Breaking: Saturday’s “Tour De Watts” Ride/Party Postponed
The Tour de Watts 2012 was canceled, but will be holding a bike ride “launch party” in South L.A. with all our new friends sometime soon. As soon as we have a new plan, we’ll let you know.
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The Tour de Watts Gathers Momentum, Signals Good Things Ahead for Watts
By Sahra Sulaiman |
While heading to South L.A. for the United Riders of South L.A.‘s Tour de Watts this past Saturday, I was reminded of a guest lecture I gave in a USC journalism class a few weeks ago. For an hour and a half, I talked about how fortunate I felt to be covering South L.A. and […]
The Ride4Love Sets Powerful Example of Unity through Diversity in Watts
By Sahra Sulaiman |
“Lemme guess,” I said to East Side Rider Dale Williams as he approached the Ride4Love’s ride captains with a printout of the route, “you worked all night last night.” The big-hearted 55-year-old never fails to amaze me. He often works long nights cleaning venues, gets home in time to catch a couple of hours of […]
CicLAvia Successfully Rides Again
By Sahra Sulaiman |
They don’t look like they’re on their way to church, I thought as I eyed up the handful of serious-looking young men lined up outside a corner liquor store. I was headed to Watts to meet up with the feeder ride led by the East Side Riders. But I was running a little behind because […]
Newest Group of Ridazz: The LAPD
By Damien Newton |
For a full size version of the flyer, click here. Traditionally, small groups of bike riders from around the city gather together on the fourth Friday of the month and head to the Wilshire/Western Red Line Station to gather for Los Angeles Critical Mass. This month, following what Streetsblog is calling the "Critical Mass Attack," […]
Community Gets Ready for Sunday’s CicLAvia: “It’s Going to Be a Good Day for South L.A.”
By Sahra Sulaiman |
It was exciting, said Community Health Council’s (CHC) Andres Ramirez Huiztek, that South L.A. would finally have the opportunity to “show [people] what CicLAvia can be” this weekend. If you’ve attended a CicLAvia event before — a festival that spans and connects communities by temporarily closing the streets to cars and opening them to people […]
South L.A. Happenings: Expanding CicLAvia, Raising Chickens, Riding for Solidarity, Health, and Fun, and Fighting Fracking
By Sahra Sulaiman |
As always, there is much happening in the streets of South L.A. this weekend. First up tonight, a meeting in Huntington Park with the Ciclavia SouthEast Host Committee. If you love CicLAvia and want to support its expansion to other parts of Los Angeles, lend your voice at the meeting tonight and be a part […]