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South L.A. Power Fest Illustrates Successful Placemaking Requires Deep Community Roots
"We are only as strong as our weakest link," youth leader Alfonso Aguilar tells the youth participating in the South Central Youth Empowered through Action (SCYEA) program at Community Coalition (CoCo).
September 4, 2014
Ticketing of Ovarian Psyco Sparks Questions About How Group Rides Should Manage Safety
On Saturday's Clitoral Mass ride with the Ovarian Psyco-Cycles, one of the ride marshals had a run-in with the police.
August 21, 2014
Reclaiming Public Space for Marginalized Communities: Bikes Don’t Fix Everything, But They Can Help
The recent tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, and here at home in South L.A. have served to underscore just how hostile the public space can be to people of color, particularly those of lesser means.
August 19, 2014
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