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
Tonight: Update on Oil Drilling in West Adams, Road Diet along Angeles Vista, and South LA Bike Club Meeting
The weather may be slightly iffy (for once), but the community is gearing up to make South L.A. a healthier environment tonight.
January 30, 2014
How Will Helicopter Noise Relief Act Help Those in Heavily Policed Communities?
If you live in an area with a lot of police helicopter activity, it can be very frustrating.
January 28, 2014