LAPD Announces Arrests in Hit-and-Runs that Killed Frederick Frazier and Injured Quatrell Stallings
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"There is no human language to describe the pain."
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Long-Awaited Watts Skate and BMX Park Takes Significant Step Forward
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At the Watts Gang Task Force meeting Monday morning in Watts, Councilmember Joe Buscaino announced that he had finally secured the necessary $925,000 in funds and a location for a combination skate and BMX bike park that the community has been waiting for for at least a decade. [If you can’t see the video, click here.] […]
When an Accidental Planner Brings Intentionality to Her Work: A Conversation with Monique López of Pueblo Planning
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“Once you change the city planning process," says Monique López, founder of the participatory planning and design firm Pueblo Planning, "you're going to change the city in a manner that's more equitable, that's more sustainable, that's more human, and that's more just."
Today’s Headlines
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Metro Approves Bike-Share Price Cuts (SGV Tribune, The Source) Metro Narrows West Santa Ana Branch Alteratives (Curbed, LAT, The Source) Carnage: Hit-and-Run “Accident” Driver Kills Pedestrian In East Hollywood (Los Feliz Ledger) Plans For 8-Story Mixed-Use TOC Building On Overland In Palms (Urbanize) Hundreds March To Protest Koreatown Homeless Shelter (CBS, LAT) Can Bird Scooter Scofflaws […]
Ground Breaks on Improvements for Streets Around Breed, Sheridan Schools
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Given that approximately 80 percent of all students live within a quarter-mile of both schools and two-thirds of all students walk or bike to class, the improvements are welcome.
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
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"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."