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Fun and Food in Boyle Heights and South L.A. this Weekend
If you like to get out and about on the weekends, there are some really great events you might want to plug into.
August 14, 2014
Got Arts?: South L.A. Weekend Happenings
When South L.A. does arts festivals, it does them right.
July 25, 2014
Lovely Art Installations Evoking Walking Placed in Hard-to-Walk-to Locations
What do someone's shoes tell us about them?
July 18, 2014
Advocates Gather in Leimert Park to Hear about CicLAvia Route through South L.A. Planned for December
South L.A. residents and advocates gathered at the KAOS Network in Leimert Park last night to learn more about CicLAvia and how the 6-mile route planned through the area on December 7th, 2014, would affect the community.
July 17, 2014
The DOGGR Days of Summer: DOGGR Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Fracking Regulations
It's that time of year again.
July 9, 2014
Am I Hallucinating?: Public Art Pieces Appear in South L.A.
After a depressing day of photographing South L.A.'s trashed streets, I thought I was hallucinating when I stumbled across a man-sized Rubik's Cube.
June 27, 2014
I See London, I See France. I See L.A.’s Dirty Underpass(es).
A few weeks ago, a significant hullabaloo was raised when developer Geoffrey Palmer proposed a walkway over the 110 Freeway that would allow residents of his apartment complex to walk between the buildings without having to traverse the underpass and the homeless encampment there.
June 20, 2014
Weekend Memorial Events Highlight Continued Vulnerability of Cyclists
For those of us who pay attention to such things, it was a terribly mournful weekend.
June 16, 2014
“What Happened to Human Decency?”: Friends and Family of South L.A. Hit-and-Run Victim Seek Answers
"I know it wasn't even his fuckin' fault!" railed Daniela, 19.
June 13, 2014