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Changes at CicLAvia: New Route, New Dates
Change is in the air for CicLAvia, the gigantic car-free party that has changed the way Angelenos think about their streets. First, the date for this October's CicLAvia V has been moved forward from the original date of October 14 to October 7. With the city planning to bring a space ship through the streets on the weekend of October 14, CicLAvia obliged the city and space fans by agreeing to move this event to October 7. The streets will open to bicyclists, pedestrians and all non-motorized road users at 10 am and remain open until 3 pm on the 7th. Details of the spaceship's parade route have yet to be announced.
July 7, 2012
Los Angeles Streetsblog Eastside Tour: First Stop, El-Haru Kuroi at Eastside Luv Wine Bar
It's July, hot, and the perfect weather for a bike/train/bus ride or walk to Los Angeles Streetsblog's Eastside Tour. It's a series of events Streetsblog is putting together this summer, and early fall, and all taking place east of the L.A. river.
July 6, 2012
Creation of Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council Transportation Committee Postponed…Again Again
A motion to establish an Environment and Transportation Committee for the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council has been postponed again. Since it was introduced in March, the motion has been tabled twice before. In April, action on the motion was omitted from the meeting minutes, and in May it was tabled again. Last week, the board had less than 10 minutes before the meeting finished, so there was not even a discussion on why the motion was postponed. According to past neighborhood council meeting minutes and agendas, the motion to start the committee has been one of the last items that is touched on in the meetings.
July 6, 2012
Boyle Heights News Roundup: Car Thefts, Graduations, UCLA Studies
There’s been graduations, rise in car thefts, and new research that has come out recently about Boyle Heights. So let’s get to it.
June 28, 2012
Book Sample: Boyle Heights High School Students Empowered to Change Their Neighborhood Through the Written Word
Last week, 826LA, a non profit tutoring and writing service for youth, released a collection of stories written by 10th grade Roosevelt High School students to answer the question "What needs to change to generate more justice and equity in Boyle Heights?" In "Like A Shadow Blocking My Light," the students' stories deal with the problems teenagers face in growing up in the neighborhood - one student writes about his father abandoning the family, another about the lack of available healthy food sources and still another about a young immigrant's struggles to adapt in an English-speaking world.
June 21, 2012
Summer Solstice Means Summer Activities in Boyle Heights
Proyecto Pastoral organized the Summer Programs Fair at Pico Gardens to bring awareness to residents about the programs both adults and youth can participate at either low costs or for free this summer. Eastside Streetsblog picked up some information that was provided at the fair and is including it in the post bellow:
June 20, 2012
Boyle Heights Community Crafts Living Streets Plan for Neglected Roads
Boyle Heights will get some new furniture this Saturday, as city and neighborhood groups gather to inaugurate the installation of public living rooms at the corner of Fickett and Boulder Streets. Installation of the public living rooms, which are pieces of furniture left in the public for people to use, is part of the campaign to demonstrate living streets principals in Boyle Heights by Living Streets L.A.
June 15, 2012
As Protestors March Against CVS, Demanding Fresh Food for Boyle Heights, a Walgreens Opens Two Blocks Away
Only a few days removed from protestors marching up Soto Street to demonstrate against a proposed CVS and shopping center development, people milled around a new Walgreens just two blocks from the protest.
June 13, 2012
Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council Wants More Barriers to High Density Developments
The Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council approved a motion to craft a policy geared towards limiting high-density development projects. The Planning and Land Use Committee’s recommended motion aims to preserve the “existing character of the community,” by demanding traffic data, allotting parking space for automobiles and limiting high density developments.
June 5, 2012
Boyle Heights News Round Up: Wallgreens opening up on June 4th, Mural Gets Buffed on 1st Street, Memorial Day Celebrations at Cinco Puntos, New Bike Lane on Lorena Street
Opening June 4th: Wallgreens on Cesar Chavez Avenue
May 31, 2012