Are Oil Fields Poisoning the Air Around USC? Residents Hope for Answers at Hearing Tonight
Standing at the gas pump, I was overcome with a sudden wave of dizziness and a blinding headache.
December 11, 2013
The SCAQMD Hearing Board Will Receive Public Testimony on the Exide Battery Recycling Plant on December 14th. That Means You.
While I sympathize with any of the good people of Irwindale that may have experienced heartburn, nosebleeds, or inflamed asthma because of a stinky Sriracha factory, I do have to wonder a bit about our priorities.
December 6, 2013
People Get Ready: Winter Is Upon Us And Bus Stops Will Not Shelter You
I'll admit I don't take the bus very much.
December 6, 2013
Fighting Gentrification with Sankofa Red – a Repurposed Pay Phone
Gesturing towards the re-purposed pay phone prototype, KAOS Network founder Ben Caldwell said he looked at the Leimert Phone Company project as a way to exact "a handshake between 20th century objects and 21st century objects."
December 4, 2013
The Glendale-Hyperion Bridge Project, Musings on Bridges as Destinations, and High Hopes for the New Citizen Advisory Committee
I am sometimes puzzled by how disconnected an infrastructure plan can be from what is good for a community.
November 26, 2013
The Dept. of Parks and Rec Wants Your Input on What Parks Should Be
I've been watching the makeover that the Julian C. Dixon/48th St. Park on Hoover and 48th has been undergoing for the past couple of months with some interest.
November 22, 2013
USC Reneges on Some Commitments to Street Improvements Along Jefferson; Neighbors are Concerned
"USC is prepared to enhance this public benefits package to include extending the boundaries of the graffiti abatement program to Western Ave., extending the bicycle lane on Jefferson to Western, [and] extending the proposed streetscape improvements and street trees to Western Ave.," said Dale Goldsmith, Land Use Counsel for USC in testimony before the Planning and Land Use Management (PLUM) committee hearing in May of last year.
November 21, 2013
Learn About “Hotel Mariachi” at a Book Signing at the Mariachi Festival This Weekend
If you've been to Mariachi Plaza, then you've seen the beautiful Boyle Hotel, or Hotel Mariachi, as it is known to many, that sits on the corner of 1st and Boyle.
November 19, 2013
Ed P. Reyes River Greenway On the Verge of Opening for Business
On my way home from Boyle Heights, I often pass through the section of Lincoln Heights that is squeezed between the river and the 5 Fwy.
November 15, 2013
Improvements Along First Street in Boyle Heights Begin to Take Shape
Don't you want to take a picture of me and put it on the Internet? a man wearing two casts on his arms and a "Fall Risk" wrist band asked in Spanish.
November 12, 2013