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Second Time is Not a Charm: Community Still Vociferously Opposed to Plans for Lorena Plaza in Boyle Heights
What had ever happened to the plans to turn the space on the corner of Lorena and 1st St. into a fitness parklet?
February 21, 2014
Vernon Battery Recycling Plant Sues to Overturn New Air Quality Rule
Exide Technologies – the embattled battery recycling facility in Vernon -- has been given a lot of breaks over the years, but apparently they feel they haven't had it easy enough.
February 11, 2014
Hearing For One Hit-and-Run is Rescheduled While Another Takes the Life of a Young Man in Watts
When a female (who may or may not have been walking her bicycle) was hit and killed by a bus on Slauson in South L.A. last month, I got a few phone calls from friends in the area.
February 5, 2014
A Hearing and a Meeting on Boyle Heights Streets This Week
The Boyle Heights/El Sereno/Lincoln Heights communities logged a victory last fall when USC decided that they would not only reroute a road originally planned to connect Norfolk St. with Soto through Hazard Park (left), but that they would also vacate claims to that portion of the land by handing it over to the Dept. of Parks and Rec. and forgoing future development on that parcel.
February 3, 2014
“Nothing Brings Me Comfort”: Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Plan to Hold Ride to Driver’s Hearing
What goes through the mind of a drunk driver who senselessly mows people down?
January 31, 2014
How Will Helicopter Noise Relief Act Help Those in Heavily Policed Communities?
If you live in an area with a lot of police helicopter activity, it can be very frustrating.
January 28, 2014
Photo Exhibit Brings Human-Scale Public Art to Olympic Blvd. in Boyle Heights
Take a ride along Olympic Blvd. in Boyle Heights, and you will be struck by how unwelcoming it can feel to humans.
January 24, 2014
As 1st St. Undergoes Transformation, Pedestrians in Other Areas of Boyle Heights Wonder When Their Moment Will Come
"Are you just visiting?" a woman asked as she watched me take pictures of a decrepit bench on Cesar Chavez.
January 17, 2014
Governing Board of the AQMD Adopts Amendment Imposing Stricter Emissions Controls on Lead-Acid Battery Recyclers
"Se me murió mi señora, se me murió mi cuñado... yo no quiero que muera más gente. Esto es lo que pido de ustedes."
January 10, 2014
Holiday Food for Thought: A Better Way to Bike Share?
Gesturing toward the new bicycles that he and Eagle Scout Diego Binatena had just locked up to the rack at one of PATH's residential facilities, the LACBC's Colin Bogart noted that the bikes represented the ultimate in self-sufficiency.
December 20, 2013