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Boyle Heights Residents Get Gift of Bike Lights
Volunteers and organizers of Operation Firefly, Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition bike light distribution program, made their sixth stop last night. This time they visited Boyle Heights, specifically the corner of Soto and First Streets, waving down passing cyclists without lights.
January 18, 2013
Sides Agree Wyvernwood Living Conditions Intolerable, Divided on “Right” Solution
Maria Mendez, a Wyvernwood resident, has asked for improvements at the Wyvernwood Apartments, saying she takes the bus to wash her clothes instead of using the washrooms at the complex.
January 14, 2013
East Bike Ambassador Program Bridges City Decision Makers To Regional Voice
L.A. City had funds to install two bicycle friendly streets, and the recently formed LACBC East Bike Ambassadors (EBA) were mulling over where to put them. Looking at the poster-sized L.A. Bicycle Master Plan map, the eight participants were torn on whether Evergreen Avenue in Boyle Heights, a street near the L.A. River Bike Path, or Griffin Avenue would get the bicycle infrastructure touch-up.
January 4, 2013
La Virgen, Like “Another Mother,” And Reflecting on Boyle Heights
Around the Eastside, the Virgin de Guadalupe means a lot to everyone especially on her feast day, December 12. Live banda is bursting from people's homes, processions leave assortments of vibrant flowers at the foot of her mural. It's the start of the holiday season, where toy drives shut down streets, and posadas become almost daily.
December 20, 2012
Boyle Heights Community, Metro Clash at Meeting Over Development at MTA Owned Property
Disparate Homeowners, long-time residents, advocacy groups, and other stakeholders hijacked the discussion at Thursday night's Metro community meeting concerning Metro-owned properties in Boyle Heights. The meeting was supposed to be Metro's sole opportunity to get community input before submitting design guidelines to the Metro board of directors for three sites - Cesar Chavez Avenue and Soto Street, Mariachi Plaza and Southeast Corner of Pennsylvania & Bailey, and Soto and First Street.
December 7, 2012
“Starting from the Beginning” for Some Metro Owned Sites in Boyle Heights
Last month, when Jsm/Polis Builders (JSM) lost the contract to develop a CVS Pharmacy and shopping center on the corner of Soto Street and Cesar Chavez Avenue, the fate of that site and other Metro-owned properties seemed vague. Today, Metro representatives will host a meeting to update the public on the status of four Metro-owned sites and to get feedback from the community. The meeting will be tonight from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Boyle Heights Senior Center (2839 E. 3rd St. Los Angles, CA 90033).
December 6, 2012
Corazón del Pueblo Pumps Community Life Into First Street
When I try to talk to Rooster, a 20-year-old Eastside resident, he is visibly nervous. When we finish talking he says "You sound like a cop." But when he speaks in public at Corazón del Pueblo's Flowers of Fire open mic poetry night, he commands the stage.
December 5, 2012
Boyle Heights Briefs: Open Markets, Discussion on Arts District, and Meeting on Metro Owned Sites
Just because I haven't been writing about Boyle Heights lately, doesn't mean nothing is going on. The last couple of weeks saw festivals and community meetings that could create lasting change in Boyle Heights.
November 27, 2012
Boyle Heights Events: Marketplace on 1st Street, Self Help Graphics and Art Discuss Arts District, and Mariachi Festival
Green Friday: A Truly Free Market
November 16, 2012
By Foot, Pedal, or Car, Boyle Heights Voters Arrive At Polls
As the second wave of voters rushed to the polls last night at rush hour in Boyle Heights, voters arrived not just by car, also on foot, and some by bicycle.
November 7, 2012