Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Boyle Heights

VIDEO: More Than 200 Women Ride For LA’s First Clitoral Mass

By Kristopher Fortin | Sep 7, 2012 | 23 Comments

The Ovarian Psycos Bicycle Brigade hosted the all-women bicycle ride Clitoral Mass this past Saturday after months of organizing, and weeks of activities leading up to the event. The ride is the first of its kind in Los Angeles, bringing women from all parts of Los Angeles, California, and even some riders from out of […]

El Mercado del Pueblo Opens in Boyle Heights

By Kristopher Fortin | Sep 5, 2012 | 5 Comments

El Mercardo del Pueblo, or the neighborhood market, opened Saturday after months of work securing a path for street vendors to vend legally. East Los Angeles Community Corporation organizers helped street vendors get permits, certificates, and undergo inspections in order to sell at the market, which was located at Hollenbeck Middle School. Street vendors lined half […]

Clitoral Mass Rises

By Kristopher Fortin | Sep 1, 2012 | 10 Comments

Clitoral Mass last night brought out more than 200 women for a 32-mile ride throughout Los Angeles. The ride brought out women from out of state, the Eastside, from different parts of the city – I heard some from came from Gardena and the westside – and even to the surprise of seasoned riders a […]

Labor Day in Boyle Heights: Clitoral Mass, Dodgertown Bike Ride, El Mercado del Pueblo Grand Opening

By Kristopher Fortin and Damien Newton | Aug 31, 2012 | 4 Comments

Clitoral Mass, Los Angeles’ first all-women mass ride, happening tonight It’s been months in the making, and now the all-women Clitoral Mass bike ride is happening tonight. Hosted by the Ovarian Psycos Bicycle Brigade, the women are expecting more than 300 women to attend – more than 700 people confirmed on their Facebook event page. […]

Meet Me @ The Metro 3 Comes to the Gold Line, Eastside

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 30, 2012 | 1 Comment

A middle aged man that sits by a hill near the East LA Civic Center Lake, blushes when Estela Garcia sits next to him, her top teeth protruding out of her mouth. “I’m going to watch the ducks right here,” said Garcia, as she sat on Sunday next to a round middle-aged man with a backpack […]

Boyle Heights Community Plan Process Gets New Life

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 27, 2012 | 1 Comment

The City Council voted two weeks ago to staff the Boyle Heights Community Plan, two years after it was stalled by budget cuts. The Council vote allowed the City to earmark Measure R funds to staff one position for the BHCP, while the City Planning Department committed a second planner. More than 40 percent of […]

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