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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
SGV Connect: Bike Shop Owner and Former Newspaper Publisher Carlos Morales
This week's SGV Connect features an interview with Carlos Morales of the Eastside Bike Club and Stan's Bike Shop. Chris Greenspon asks about Carlos' history as a carfree journalist and how bicycling saved his life.
July 7, 2022
SGV Connect 96: Memories of El Monte Moves to New Space, Celebrates 626 Fest
Memories of El Monte is planning to open a soup kitchen in January and possibly expand with a cafe and even a bar in the coming years. The interview covers their plans, the collective's goals, and what makes Memories' preferred coffee so special.
June 30, 2022
Long Lost El Monte Vet Honored with Affordable Housing Plaza
Ysabel “Mac” Arredondo Ortiz enlisted at 17 and never came home from Korea. The building honoring him is meant to keep families from being displaced and unhoused vets off the streets.
June 29, 2022
Long-Promised Bike Lanes on the Spring Street Bridge Could Be Coming Soon
"We are still intending to stripe the bike lanes on the Spring St Bridge even though the project contract itself is completed."
June 22, 2022
SGV Connect 95: Gold Line Extension Is ‘On Time and On Budget’ at 50% Mark
This week sees a special #SGV Connect podcast with Damien Newton interviewing Habib Balian, the executive director of the Foothill Gold Line Construction Authority. As we publish this podcast, the Authority is holding a press conference to celebrate the 50% completion point of the current Gold Line extension out to Pomona.
June 17, 2022
Avocado Heights Activists Hitch Horses, Take to Bikes for Toxic Tour
A concerned group of equestrians says any amount of heavy metals in the environment is too much for the San Gabriel Valley’s working class corridor
June 14, 2022
Listen: Scary Subway Vent Shafts Sound Off In Bel-Air Video
Darth-Vader-breath-like noises will emanate from proposed subway ventilation shafts if Metro has its way, tunneling under Bel-Air's "fragile hillside."
June 9, 2022
