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“Vin Scully Taught My Dad English” – A Remembrance
That skill helped one iron worker get a promotion and provide for his family
August 5, 2022
Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s Renovated Culver Blvd Bikeway
Recent bike/walk upgrades, part of the city's City project Culver Boulevard Realignment and Urban Stormwater Project, included resurfacing, new lighting, and extensive new native landscaping
August 1, 2022
County Supervisors Toss Out Activist Appeal Against Hacienda Heights Condos, Solis Abstains
A coalition of concerned residents had a dozen arguments up their sleeves to stave off development in their neighborhood, but it wasn’t enough to get their way
July 27, 2022
Four Years Late, North Spring Street Bridge Bike Lanes Installed
The long-delayed bridge bike lanes are part of a planned 1.8-mile bikeway connection from the Chinatown L Line Station to the L.A. River walk/bike path
July 25, 2022
Eyes on the Street: Reseda Blvd’s Under Construction Complete Streets Upgrades
The Reseda Boulevard Complete Streets Project includes three miles of continuous protected bike lanes - plus new ADA ramps, sidewalks, bus islands, lighting, trees, bioswales, left turn signals, and more
July 22, 2022
SGV Connect 99 – Imperfect Paradise and Update from Sacramento
This week on SGV Connect features a special interview with Adolfo Guzman-Lopez and then a quarterly update with Melanie Curry of Streetsblog California.
July 21, 2022
Eyes on the Street: 7th Street Curb-Protected Bike Lanes Under Construction
The under-construction $18.7 million 7th Street Streetscape project will include a curb-protected bikeway, expanded sidewalks, pedestrian/cyclist-scale lighting, bus islands, and new trees.
July 20, 2022
Metro’s 60 Freeway Ramps Expansion Project in Hacienda Heights Is on Hold
Metro deemed the Hacienda Heights SR-60/7th Avenue project beneficial to drivers and not too bad to adjacent residents, but if and when the project gets going, construction could come very close to homes.
July 18, 2022
As Baldwin Park Tiny Homes Expand, A Resident Tells Her Success Story
SBLA sat down with a recent resident of the Esperanza Villa to get a sense of what services and opportunities unhoused people in need in the San Gabriel Valley can find there.
July 12, 2022