City Asks For Your Input on How to Spend Federal Dollars
The federal government might be shut down right now, but that doesn't mean that we have to stop thinking about how to spend the federal funds that will (eventually, hopefully) come our way.
October 3, 2013
Weekend Events Prove South L.A. Can Be an Amazing Destination, While Also Highlighting the Challenges that Remain to be Overcome
As I walked toward the new garden beds at the West Athens Victory Garden, I felt a little tap on my shoulder.
October 2, 2013
Eastside Access Project Takes Another Step Forward, Experiences Growing Pains
As I walked along 1st St. last week, I came across a gentleman standing outside a storefront, staring at the square of dirt where a huge ficus tree had once stood.
September 27, 2013
Hollenbeck Middle School Breaks Ground on a New Garden
Earlier this week, parents and students broke ground on a new garden at Hollenbeck Middle School in Boyle Heights.
September 26, 2013
Park[ing] Day Installation in South L.A. Highlights Residents’ Desperate Need for Peaceful Green Space. And Plants.
The young man looked nervous.
September 24, 2013
There’s One Week Left to Tell LA/2B about Your Aspirations for Your Community
Planners working on prioritizing the programs that they will implement as part of the Mobility Element need your help.
September 23, 2013
Get Your Complaints Filed! The Neighborhood Repair Blitz is Coming Your Way
Is your street pothole-plagued?
September 19, 2013
Hit-and-Run in Boyle Heights Forever Changes Lives in an Instant
She must have been traveling really fast, they speculated.
September 18, 2013
Area Baby Rides Metro, Has Wonderful Day.
"Um, excuse me," I stuck my head out the door and called out to the Metro employee who was chatting on her phone on the shady side of the elevator.
September 16, 2013
By the Numbers: Counting Bikes and Pedestrians in Watts
As the cloud of sarin gas descended on the scene, party-goers once happily doing the Carlton dance were suddenly writhing on the ground in agony.
September 11, 2013