L.A. Cyclists Ride for Justice for George Floyd
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More than a thousand cyclists, mainly Black and Latinx, commemorated the death of George Floyd via a peaceful South L.A. RIde for Justice
Recent Streetsblog LA posts about events
Thanks Everyone! Next Event with Gehl Architects in Santa Monica!
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Saturday night’s Streetsblog Los Angeles Birthday party saw over fifty people pack into the house of Amy, Jack and Jonathan Weiss to celebrate the 7th anniversary of our first article in Los Angeles. There are too many people to thank for our ongoing success, at one point in the night we did a hand count […]
Live.Ride.Share, L.A.’s First “Shared Mobility Conference” Comes on Monday
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After you have spent the weekend celebrating Streetsblog Los Angeles’ 7th birthday party, you’ll probably be too exhausted to go to work. If that is the case, consider attending Live.Ride.Share, a conference on the future of mobility in the “share economy.” The all-day conference is currently at maximum registration, but you can find the RSVP […]
Got Arts?: South L.A. Weekend Happenings
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When South L.A. does arts festivals, it does them right. Their efforts at community-building and/or place-making are almost always rooted in the history of the area and the experience of its people. And, as part of that experience includes the lack of traditional outlets for expression, both the events and the works are often infused […]
Riders Reclaim Central Ave. for Bikes for a Few Happy Hours
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For much of the time that I lived in Sevilla, Spain, I lived adjacent to the surprisingly still-formidable walls that once surrounded the old city and were constructed (for the second time) in the 11th century. History was everywhere you looked, often making the connection between past and present seamless. Because so many of the […]
Art, Food Justice, and Bike Rides Make South L.A. the Place to be this Weekend
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One of the really fun things about tracking South L.A. as intimately as I have over the past couple of years is seeing how the area is transforming itself, both as a site of innovation in community organizing and as a destination for arts and fun. This weekend’s events offer a perfect example of what […]