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Just a Reminder: Party with Streetsblog on April 27th for Our Birthday Party, 2012 Streetsies!
Join us on April 27th at 6:30 p.m. at the Silver Lake home of Deborah Murphy for our 5th birthday party and a celebration of our 2012 Streetsie Award winners.
April 18, 2013
Ring, Ring! Who’s There? The Leimert Phone Company!
When is the last time you used a public payphone?
April 12, 2013
We’re Broadcasting Live at the MyFigueroa! Meeting
Click on the image to join us live on StreetsblogTV. Video from tonight we'll be archived there, and we'll have a cleaner version of the film tomorrow.
April 9, 2013
M&W4M&W: Organization Seeks Vibrant, Active & Excited 20-somethings Ready to Go the Distance…for their Community
The last time I wrote a full piece on Community Coalition (CoCo) I was at their election-night viewing party last November. The energy in the room was electric -- from the dancing toddlers all the way up to the dancing retirees. The success of their get-out-the-vote and Prop 30 door-knocking campaigns had provided a powerful counterweight to the Times' declaration that “South L.A.’s zeal for politics [had] faded.”
April 8, 2013
Women and Transit in Los Angeles: Claiming a Safer Multi-Modal Community
Does riding the bus at night make you nervous?
April 7, 2013
Streetsblog LIVE! Broadcast Postponed Until Tomorrow…See you then.
(UPDATE, 4:30 pm: We've moved the broadcast until tomorrow morning. We'll post details as soon as we have them.)
April 3, 2013
BNSF and Architects Cosponsor “Great Park” Design Competition for Commerce Rail Yard
(Yes, this was our April Fool's piece - DN)
April 1, 2013
The Pothole That Ate Manhattan. And a Small Child.
There are potholes and then there are POTHOLES.
March 27, 2013
Survey Says…: Today is Last Day to Tell City How to Spend Grants to Aid Youth and Families
Every so often, emails show up in my inbox from somewhere within city planning, telling me I need to participate in some survey to help the city decide how to spend its money. Or attend a meeting to discuss how well the department is spending money on particular programs. I’ll admit that I get excited … Continued
March 20, 2013