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Hearing For One Hit-and-Run is Rescheduled While Another Takes the Life of a Young Man in Watts
When a female (who may or may not have been walking her bicycle) was hit and killed by a bus on Slauson in South L.A. last month, I got a few phone calls from friends in the area.
February 5, 2014
Tonight: Update on Oil Drilling in West Adams, Road Diet along Angeles Vista, and South LA Bike Club Meeting
The weather may be slightly iffy (for once), but the community is gearing up to make South L.A. a healthier environment tonight.
January 30, 2014
MyFigueroa! Needs a Hero as Livable Streets Villains Line Up Against City’s First Cycletracks
Listening to yesterday's City Council Planning and Land Use Committee over the phone, it felt as though I was listening to a parody of a hearing. What should have been a major moment for the MyFigueroa! project, the city's most important bicycle and pedestrian project on the books. turned into an almost baffling show of city government at its worst.
January 29, 2014
How Will Helicopter Noise Relief Act Help Those in Heavily Policed Communities?
If you live in an area with a lot of police helicopter activity, it can be very frustrating.
January 28, 2014
Garcetti Has Skin in the Game on My Figueroa!
Earlier this month, the City of Los Angeles wrote to the Green Lane Project, seeking to be a partner city in "Green Lane Project 2".
January 27, 2014
The MyFigueroa! Streetscape and Protected Bike Lane Plan Moves Forward as City Council Begins Hearing the Appeal
Next week, the Los Angeles City Council will hear the formal appeal of the environmental certification of the MyFigueroa! project brought by Darryl Holter, owner of the Shammas Auto Group. But, even as the Council begins to hear the appeal, the MyFigueroa! team is preparing to put the project out to bids in February and March.
January 23, 2014
So, Ground Has Officially Been Broken for the Crenshaw Line. What Does That Mean for People in the Area?
To say change is afoot in the Crenshaw/Leimert area might be the understatement of the year.
January 22, 2014
“They Never Do Things Like This in My Neighborhood!”: New Park Along Vermont Ave. Surprises, Delights Residents
He was surprised when they put the bike lane in a while back, he said. But then this?
January 16, 2014
West Adams Neighbors Come Together to Oppose the Drillers Next Door
"So, those are not water trucks we see coming through the neighborhood?" asked an older gentleman enjoying the sunny Saturday afternoon with friends outside one of the men's homes in the West Adams neighborhood.
January 14, 2014
When One Well Closes, God…er…Oil Corporations Open Another
While the city may be busy doing what it can to see AllenCo's oil wells just north of USC permanently closed, neighbors have turned their attention to fighting another corporation's bid to drill several wells to the west of the campus.
January 8, 2014