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Which Boyle Heights Streets are the Best Candidates for Bike-Friendly Enhancements?
"Why the f--k does it smell like cat food??" I heard myself shout out loud to no one in particular.
September 6, 2013
How Green is Your Thumb?: L.A. Community Garden Council May Want you to Make a Presentation at Annual Gathering of Community Gardens
You're a gardening whiz.
September 4, 2013
South L.A. to Pasadena: The 2nd Clitoral Mass Takes Over Streets of L.A.
“How many of you have ever been here to the Watts Towers before?” asked one of the young women inside the growing circle of women cyclists who gathered to participate in the Ovarian Psyco-Cycles’ Second Annual Clitoral Mass.
August 29, 2013
Inside Out 11M Rolls into Boyle Heights
Susy Chávez Herrera grew up in City Terrace, Los Angeles, CA and Colima, Mexico. After years away from home she’s recently returned to LA. A trained anthropologist whose favorite subject are urban settings, she enjoys gardening, and loves nothing more than to lose herself in the sunny streets of Oaxaca, Mexico on a quite Sunday morning.
August 23, 2013
Help City Planners Prioritize Mobility Enhancements and Programs
Over the last few weeks, emails from staff at LA/2B (the effort to integrate Complete Streets principles and community input into the Mobility Element of the City’s General Plan) have been popping up in my inbox, encouraging me to participate in prioritizing the programs proposed for the Mobility Element's Action Plan in their online town hall.
August 16, 2013
USC’s Planned Expansion in Boyle Heights: When Planning Objectives and Community Perceptions Collide
Taking a deep breath as he looked out over the crowd that had gathered in the gymnasium of Hazard Park to discuss USC's planned expansion on its Health Sciences Campus, the lanky and earnest youth with the air filtration mask dangling from his belt made an appeal to the hearts of the USC representatives.
August 14, 2013
ELACC Holds Design Charrette for 1st and Soto Affordable Housing Site
How about a funeral parlor? deadpanned the older gentleman to my right in Spanish. You shouldn't have to go so far to die.
August 2, 2013
City Recommends General Contractor for Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement
I'm not sure I'm ready to let the 6th Street Bridge go just yet, but it seems I have little choice.
July 23, 2013
It’s Coming: the Organizing Committee Meets to Finalize Plans for August Clitoral Mass
Several months ago, I sat down with Sean Deyoe, one of the masterminds behind the Passage Ride. He had asked about setting up a bike ride through South L.A. and if I would think about an interesting and informative route through the area.
July 19, 2013
How Do You Taint A Block Party? Lobby For A Freeway!
For most people who live in Alhambra, the pedestrian is a second rate participant on the city's roads. Car dealerships line Main Street in the north, wide four lane streets run along Valley.
July 12, 2013