![A woman crossing Lorena at Whittier with her boyfriend was left with severe head injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on the evening of January 6. [Google maps]](https://i0.wp.com/la.streetsblog.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Screen-Shot-2019-01-10-at-3.48.35-PM.png?resize=800%2C450px&ssl=1)
Reward Offered for Information on Hit-and-Run at Lorena/Whittier
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Surveillance video shows the driver plowing into the woman, tossing her to the side of the road, and speeding away as if nothing happened.
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eastside
In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues are intertwined with the health, culture, livability and strength of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and oversees work in South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Her work and that of our former Boyle Heights-specific writer Kris Fortin can be found here. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.
Cyclists Needed for Project to Monitor Air Quality in Southeast L.A. and on Eastside
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Environmental justice advocate seeks help tracking particulate matter in residential areas bordered by industry, freeways
City Council Set to Approve Historic Sidewalk Vending Ordinance
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"Por favor..." vendor Belén Ortiz implored the councilmembers, "Queremos salir de la sombra." (Please, we want to come out of the shadows.)
Rent Stabilization and the Integrity of Vulnerable Ecosystems: Some Last Thoughts on Prop 10
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Within a few weeks of buying the building located a block from Mariachi Plaza in Boyle Heights at the end of 2016, Frank “B.J.” Turner had raised rents on a handful of long-term tenants by between 60 and 80 percent. He had also created a website for the building, re-christened “Mariachi Crossing,” targeting those that […]
Metro PSAs Target Vendors, Make Other Missteps in Effort to Teach Transit Etiquette
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“Wait, did they just deport the vendor?”
Bill Legalizing Sidewalk Vending Statewide Moves Through Legislature, Awaits Governor’s Signature
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Using the hashtag “EloteJustice” and some maize emojis, Senator Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens) announced on twitter Monday that S.B. 946 – the Safe Sidewalk Vending Act aimed at legalizing street vending statewide and allowing cities to establish permit programs governing the practice – had passed through the Assembly with bipartisan support. Tuesday night, he sent […]