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Police Protective League Deletes, Reposts, Apologizes for, then Deletes Apology for Racist Scaremongering Tweet about Crime on Metro
The tweet also falsely claimed Metro had defunded LAPD. But no apology was made for that.
February 28, 2023
SGV Puts $250k Toward Diverting Surplus Food to Homeless Shelters
The San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments is making the investment as a two-pronged effort to support the unhoused and fight climate change… but is the right infrastructure in place?
August 19, 2022
Avocado Heights Activists Hitch Horses, Take to Bikes for Toxic Tour
A concerned group of equestrians says any amount of heavy metals in the environment is too much for the San Gabriel Valley’s working class corridor
June 14, 2022
Officers Who Killed Margarito López Didn’t Heed Standby Warning for “Less Lethal” Fire
Half a second after the projectile is fired at López – who is in the midst of turning away from officers – a burst of contagious fire erupts.
January 26, 2022
L.A. Should ‘Al Fresco’ Its Bus Stops
Apply the same L.A. Al Fresco energy to improving bus stops - for the safety and well-being of essential workers.
November 17, 2020
L.A. Announces COVID “Slow Streets” Pilot then Postpones It; Program Needs Focus On Health, Equity
Crafted properly - prioritizing health and equity, timed right, and implemented respectfully, there could be many positive outcomes from Healthy Streets walk/bike safety improvements.
May 1, 2020
Metro’s Mid-Freeway Transit Stations Are Hellishly Loud
Metro's mid-freeway transit stations are annoyingly loud environments and may be harmful to your health
August 6, 2018
Metro Asks South L.A. Stakeholders: How Would You Use Rail-to-River Bike/Pedestrian Path?
"They've started work on that bike path!" a South Central bike shop owner announced excitedly after noticing mounds of dirt piled up in the rail right-of-way (ROW) at Slauson and Normandie.
October 26, 2016
Proyecto Jardin Evicted from Community Garden at White Memorial; Protest Planned for Saturday
This Sunday, January 31st, the eviction of the community gardening collective known as Proyecto Jardin from the garden space behind White Memorial Medical Center in Boyle Heights will mark a significant change for the neighborhood. In a community that has felt very much at the mercy of externally-driven change in recent years, many residents are determined not to let this shift go unchallenged.
January 29, 2016
USC Public Health Professor Asks for Better Transportation Options to USC
Transportation issues at the University of Southern California have been in the news recently. Yesterday's "Today's Headlines" featured a story about how USC's students rely on bicycles, but the administration is making it more and more difficult to bring bicycles onto campus.
October 9, 2015