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Florence-Firestone Stands Up for its Library, Lays Down the Foundation for a Movement
"What does [a resource like the library] mean to us?" Valadez asks, shaking his head. "It means everything. It means every single thing."
September 27, 2019
L.A. Podcast Segment Begins Unpacking Nipsey Hussle’s Legacy with Chavonne Taylor, Tafarai Bayne, and Streetsblog L.A.’s Sahra Sulaiman
Trying to capture the legacy of Nipsey Hussle in Los Angeles and beyond is an impossible task. But we give it a try.
September 16, 2019
Adding Insult to Injury, Metro to Re-Open Reduced-Service Blue Line a Month Late
Metro announced a month delay to re-opening the Blue Line - but the word "delay" does not appear in Metro's announcement
September 10, 2019
Eyes on the Street: the Human Toll of Hit-and-Runs
Our streets are full of too many memorials.
September 3, 2019
Paint Is Not Protection: 58-year-old Woman Killed in Horrific Hit-and-Run at Vermont and 98th
Paint and signage suggesting a pedestrian can expect a safe crossing where drivers regularly hit well above 40 miles an hour is not just negligence, it's criminal. Especially at night.
August 23, 2019
Events this Weekend Draw Attention to Gruesome Hit-and-Run that Left Teen Severely Injured
After packing his purchases from the market at 37th and Maple into his backpack on the night of August 6, 15-year-old Roberto Díaz hopped on his bike, heading home to meet the friend that he'd just sent on ahead a minute earlier.
August 21, 2019
Nipsey Hussle Understood Cities Better than You. Why Didn’t You Know Who He Was?
"I swore to tell the world if I made it out/The truth about these L.A. streets and all what they about"
August 15, 2019
City Attorney Keeps up Pressure to Evict Nipsey Hussle’s Legacy from Crenshaw and Slauson
The effort to push Hussle off the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson is nothing new, but the timing couldn't be worse.
August 4, 2019
Billionaire Jeff Greene’s Plans to Raze Dorset Village Are About as Awful as You Might Imagine
The project would displace 206 households from rent-controlled units while coming up short on providing affordable replacement units
May 9, 2019
South Central Gives Nipsey Hussle the Send-Off of a Lifetime
Few communities love harder than South Central.
April 12, 2019