Damien Newton
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SGV Connect 108: State Senate Candidate Sasha Renée Pérez
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SGV Connect catches up with Alhambra City Councilmember and State Senate candidate Sasha Renée Pérez
SGV Connect 106 : El Monte Poet Steve Valenzuela and an Update on Puente Hills Landfill Park
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First, Chris Greenspon interviews Steve Valenzuela, El Monte poet and writer in residence for the new Zamora Art House in El Monte. In our second interview, Damien interviews the team at Studio-MLA and LA County Parks that is working on the Puente Hills Landfill Park project.
More Electric Bus Chargers Come Online in Southern California
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Recent electric bus success stories from Anaheim and the L.A. Unified School District
SGV Connect 106: Au Revoir 2022 and Zine Editor John Axtell
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It's the annual end-of-the-year SGV Connect Podcast featuring the Streetsblog team, plus an interview with John Axtell who publishes the literary zine SGV 626.
Please Consider Supporting Streetsblog L.A. with Our Annual Fundraising Drive!
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If it’s in your budget to support our work this year, we hope you’ll consider a donation
SGV Connect 105: Resisting Change in Suburbia: Asian Immigrants and Frontier Nostalgia in L.A.
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Chris Interviews author and history professor James Zarsadiaz
Looking Ahead to Legislature’s December “Special Session” on Oil Profits
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Governor Newsom claims that the oil industry has been increasing prices unfairly and blaming the surge in prices on inflation and environmental regulations even as it brought in record profits
Join Us for a Streetsie Awards Reception with Supervisor Holly Mitchell on December 12
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The in-person reception will be Thurdsay, December 12 at the Oaxacalifornia (café juice bar) and the Bazaar at Mercado La Paloma from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
How Did Transit/Transportation/Livability Ballot Measures Fair in California?
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Here's a quick breakdown of the major ballot propositions and where they stand. Streetsblog will update this post as more results come in.
Brightline Releases Environmental Documents for High-Speed Rail from Victorville to Las Vegas
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The interested public can weigh in Brightline's plans
SGV Connect 104: Election Special!
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With election day less than two months away, SGV Connect sits down with ActiveSGV's Topher Mathers, who reviewed dozens of ballot measures throughout the San Gabriel Valley.
It’s Past Time for Politics Coverage to Move from “What” to “For Whom”
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While they might all agree that Venice Boulevard needs better bike and bus infrastructure; how they view homelessness and policing creates a very different picture of who should be getting access to this space and how the city should be creating access.