City Lites: 9th Annual Inner City Sports Festival & Health Fair

By Damien Newton
May 22, 2012

The Event includes a 23 & 5-miles Bike Tour, 5k-Walk, 5-mile Skateboard Ride, & just added a 5-mile Wheelchair Roll, Festival & Health Pavilion. ALL 5-miles Starts at Earvin (Magic) Johnson Park @ 9am on 120th between Avalon Blvd. & Central Ave..For information: www.CityLitesNetwork.org….(ALL FREE)..Our very Own Inner City Marathron..PLEASE SUPPORT… Fighting for Health Awareness, Education & Unification..THANKS

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11th Annual City Lites Festival

By Damien Newton | Jun 2, 2014

Finally our very own Inner City Mini-Marathon, 23 & 5-mile Bike Tour, 5k-Walk, 5-mile Wheelchair Roll, 5-mile Skateboard Roll, Health Pavilion Stage, Vendor’s, Kids Zone and Stage, Main stage with Live Entertainment and a Bicycle Show. Registration Form will be available April 15th!!! Only $7…

South L.A.-ify Your Weekend

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 25, 2012

If you’re looking for things to do this Memorial Day Weekend that do not involve driving, you’re in luck. Critical Minimum: A South L.A. Night Ride Friday night, join the East Side Riders on their Friday Night Ride. It’s fun. Trust me. You want to try it. Read about my experience with the ESR on […]

Fight Fracking (today!), See the City Lites, Take a Nature Tour, and Play Kickball

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 30, 2013

As an NPR junkie, I have long been aware that the natural gas industry has been a sponsor of their programming for several years. But I nearly spit my coffee out last week when I heard a brief spot extolling the virtues of having the gas industry drilling in one’s backyard. Here in L.A., the […]

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | May 31, 2016

Street vending, Bike the Vote, Gabe Klein, Owlized, and plenty of chances to skate, walk and bike this weekend. Wednesday 6/1 – Join MEChA of Maya Angelou, L.A. Street Vendor-leaders, Union del Barrio, and the L.A. Street Vendor Campaign for a community event to uplift and celebrate the lives and struggles of L.A. Street Vendors through a […]

This Week In Livable Streets

By Joe Linton | Sep 24, 2018

CicLAvia from DTLA to Hollywood - plus Bike!Bike!, Metro board, Crenshaw/LAX line, Union Station, City Lites, and more

After the Fireworks, There is Still Fun to Be Had on Bikes This Weekend

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 3, 2013

Last July, the Peace, Love and Family ride took a couple hundred riders on a tour through some of the major corridors of South L.A. before returning to a festival at Manchester and Vermont to show people that the streets could be sites for recreation. The ride was a lot of fun, both for those […]