Today’s SGV Connect podcast is the last one for the duo of Damien Newton and Kris Fortin. Streetsblog L.A. is hiring a new San Gabriel Valley reporter, because Kris is moving on to a full-time position with Santa Ana Active Streets. I certainly wasn’t going to let Kris go without one goodbye podcast together.

Kris has written for Streetsblog on and off for over a decade first covering Boyle Heights then after a break moving to Orange County and finally covering the San Gabriel Valley where he lived and grew up.

No last podcast would be complete without a look back at some favorite stories of Kris’ throughout the years. Here are some of mine:

• Pasadena Makes Progress on Getting Local Control Over State Route 710 Stub
• Santa Ana Active Streets Is Building an Equity-Centered, Resident-Led Transportation Coalition<
• Cognitive Dissonance : OCTA Hikes Fares for Buses, Awards $1.2 Billion for Freeway Widening
• LAPD Threatens Closure of Painted Alleyway to Public Events Lacking Permits
• San Gabriel Valley Residents Show Support for Black Lives Matter in Multi-city Demonstrations
• Re-imagining Glendale Boulevard – Kris’ first story for us, in January 2012
  

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