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Hearing Today Will Determine if Lead-Acid Battery Recycler Can Resume Operations in Vernon
"Lead-acid batteries are the environmental success story of our time," touts the Battery Council International.
July 2, 2013
Transforming “Summer Night Lights” to “Year-Round Lights” Could Work Wonders for Communities Where Access to Public Space is Limited
Since we're in the mood to talk transitioning this week, I'd like to put in a plug for Eric Garcetti to continue to support and significantly expand one of the most important community efforts to reclaim public space for recreation.
June 28, 2013
It Is Easy Being Green…for the 1st Street Bike Lane in Boyle Heights
In contrast to the uproar over the repainting of Downtown's green bike lane; Spring's sister bike lane on 1st Street on the Eastside has proven quietly effective, at least according to anecdotal evidence and utterly uncontroversial.
June 25, 2013
Youth Create a Mural to Beautify Hollenbeck Park
When I showed up at the YouthBuild charter school in Boyle Heights yesterday, I expected to be doing a story to promote a mural unveiling and community health fair. I had heard students had painted a mural that would be placed in Hollenbeck Park and thought it might be interesting to learn about the motivations for the project and their aspirations for the park. What I came away with was more inspiring than I expected.
June 20, 2013
Boyle Heights, Here I Come…
As Damien announced yesterday, over the next weeks and months, I will be expanding my beat territory to include Boyle Heights.
June 14, 2013
Mexico Meets Eastside: Ruminations on Buses, Metro, Bicycles and Swap Meets
It's a copout to compare my travels in Mexico and Guatemala to anything on the Eastside. But, I can't help it. It's one of the biggest things on my mind the entire time.
June 7, 2013
Boyle Heights Meets Mexico: BH Resident Finds Her Mettle in Guadalajara Through Bike Pettles
After riding a couple blocks from her home, Bianca Uli Estrada dismounts her bicycle and walks on an unpaved, rocky sidewalk with light posts that split it down the middle. The 26-year-old Estrada feels the wind of oncoming cars and buses as she stops to let pedestrians pass. Earlier this year, a bus smashed and killed someone from the neighborhood, she said, when he fell from his bike trying to squeeze by one of the light posts.
June 3, 2013
ELACC Scores $100,000 from L.A. 2050 to Make Life Better for Street Vendors
Recently, a program directed to aid street vendors was awarded $100,000 as a part of the LA2050 contest. East Los Angeles Community Corporation and Leadership for Urban Renewal Now's proposed a program that will bridge the gap between brick and mortar businesses and street vendors, and a venture capital fund for street vendors.
May 22, 2013
Learning How to Make a Neighborhood Market a Place for Healthy Food
Last week, hosted in a small campus in Boyle Heights, the Healthy Neighborhood Market Network (HNMN) held a Neighborhood Market Training, an informative workshop program that helps our little corner markets put a focus on healthy foods from local farms for their customers.
May 2, 2013
LAPD Threatens Closure of Painted Alleyway to Public Events Lacking Permits
"Necesitamos apoyo para casa de Teresita Alfaro, la policia esta alla hostigando. Puedes venir? Callejon atras de Whittier Blvd y Matthews (Street)"
May 1, 2013