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2023 will bring Slow Streets and Open Streets programs to San Gabriel Valley
Active SGV will be busy next year installing numerous temporary traffic calming, holding an Earth Day ciclovía, and renting out e-bikes on a long term basis
August 23, 2022
SGV Puts $250k Toward Diverting Surplus Food to Homeless Shelters
The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments is making the investment as a two-pronged effort to support the unhoused and fight climate change… but is the right infrastructure in place?
August 19, 2022
“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
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
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
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
