Boyle Heights Forum Tonight: Neighborhood Land Trust Seeks to Help Communities Take Charge of Blight
Vacant lots constitute a huge thorn in the side of communities around Los Angeles.
February 26, 2014
Blight Begets Blight: Vacant Lots are Popular Dumping Grounds in South L.A.
I was on my way home after taking photos of the pretty new parklet that had popped up along Vermont Ave. a month ago, when I stopped by this beauty of a vacant lot (above) at 41st and Main.
February 25, 2014
Second Time is Not a Charm: Community Still Vociferously Opposed to Plans for Lorena Plaza in Boyle Heights
What had ever happened to the plans to turn the space on the corner of Lorena and 1st St. into a fitness parklet?
February 21, 2014
Metro Diary: Every Day He’s Hustlin’
The well-dressed and good-looking young man with enormous glasses walked toward where I was standing at the front of the packed Blue Line car, gave me a wink and a smile, then turned around and began delivering his sales pitch for headphones to the passengers.
February 19, 2014
Partnerships Offer Chance for New Riders to Join Ride 4 Love in Watts
I won't be able to be at the Ride4Love in Watts this weekend, and I am more than a little bummed out about it.
February 14, 2014
Vernon Battery Recycling Plant Sues to Overturn New Air Quality Rule
Exide Technologies – the embattled battery recycling facility in Vernon -- has been given a lot of breaks over the years, but apparently they feel they haven't had it easy enough.
February 11, 2014
Active Streets Participants Explore Vermont Square in South L.A.
“This is such a pretty neighborhood!”
February 7, 2014
Hearing For One Hit-and-Run is Rescheduled While Another Takes the Life of a Young Man in Watts
When a female (who may or may not have been walking her bicycle) was hit and killed by a bus on Slauson in South L.A. last month, I got a few phone calls from friends in the area.
February 5, 2014
A Hearing and a Meeting on Boyle Heights Streets This Week
The Boyle Heights/El Sereno/Lincoln Heights communities logged a victory last fall when USC decided that they would not only reroute a road originally planned to connect Norfolk St. with Soto through Hazard Park (left), but that they would also vacate claims to that portion of the land by handing it over to the Dept. of Parks and Rec. and forgoing future development on that parcel.
February 3, 2014
“Nothing Brings Me Comfort”: Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Plan to Hold Ride to Driver’s Hearing
What goes through the mind of a drunk driver who senselessly mows people down?
January 31, 2014