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Camino City Terrace Open Streets – Open Thread
Thousands of Angelenos took to the streets of East L.A. to enjoy the two-day open streets festival Camino City Terrace, presented by Metro
December 15, 2025
Metro Evaluating Phasing Eastside Gold Line Extension to Whittier
The 9-mile Eastside Gold Line light rail extension is expected to cost $6.1-6.5 billion, so construction could be phased, with a shorter initial segment
February 17, 2022
Two Dozen Upcoming L.A. County Walk/Bike Projects Funded
Metro Measure M Active Transportation grants, and CA Transportation Commission Active Transportation Program grants
March 3, 2021
Eyes on the Street: Parklets Arrive In East L.A.
Many cities are finding that sometimes, places where people park are just a little more desirable than places where cars park. Parklets began in San Francisco. The first Southern California parklets are in Long Beach. They've since spread to the city of Los Angeles, the city of Huntington Park, and now unincorporated East Los Angeles.
April 16, 2015
Metro’s North 710 Freeway Tunnel Study Meetings in High Gear, Pasadena Working Group Offers Brainy Alternatives
Smart people live in Pasadena. Some of them work for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and send probes to Mars. Others spend their days figuring out quantum mechanics at Caltech. And still others dabble in transportation. A study group formed by Pasadena's Mayor Bill Bogaard and its City Manager has a smart idea in response to L.A. Metro's study to link the stub end of the 210 with the end of the 710: instead of closing this “gap” in our freeways, rip out the 210's stub along Pasadena Avenue.
April 14, 2015
The Ultimate First Street Guide to CicLAvia: Where to Eat and Who to Meet
CicLAvia! Bicycles! Hipster Invaders! Gentrification!
October 3, 2014
Hit-and-Run on Cesar Chavez Sidewalk Kills 66-Year-Old Woman
Normally, you think of a sidewalk as a relatively safe place to be.
July 21, 2014
Food Vendors Rally for New Law That Would Provide Path to Legal Vending
There's always been a certain irony that Los Angeles is the only one of America's ten largest cities to have a blanket ban on street vending. Los Angeles is famous for its street vending culture, especially for the high quality food options available on many street corners, but every time a vendor takes to the streets, he or she is breaking city law. This has led to thousands of struggling low-income entrepreneurs being penalized with hefty fines, confiscated equipment, and even incarceration.
November 7, 2013
Roads We Walk: Jovenes Inc and Art Center College of Design
"The road I walk every day,
September 13, 2013
Inside Out 11M Rolls into Boyle Heights
Susy Chávez Herrera grew up in City Terrace, Los Angeles, CA and Colima, Mexico. After years away from home she’s recently returned to LA. A trained anthropologist whose favorite subject are urban settings, she enjoys gardening, and loves nothing more than to lose herself in the sunny streets of Oaxaca, Mexico on a quite Sunday morning.
August 23, 2013