Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Boyle Heights

Eastside Sol Rocks Mariachi Plaza, Engages Boyle Heights on Cleaner Transpo and Energy Alternatives

By Sahra Sulaiman | Aug 22, 2016 | No Comments

In lower-income communities – particularly those where rentership is very high – people often have very little access to clean energy or clean technology alternatives. The organizers behind the second annual Eastside Sol event held at Mariachi Plaza this past Saturday know how important it is for that to change. Such communities are often most […]

Today in Exide: DTSC Begins 2nd Phase of Residential Clean-up; Releases DEIR and Draft Closure Plan for Vernon Facility

By Sahra Sulaiman | Dec 10, 2015 | No Comments

Last week, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) began a second round of clean-ups of lead-contaminated soil in the residential areas around Exide Technologies’ now-shuttered lead-acid battery recycling facility. The Vernon plant and serial violator of environmental regulations cut a deal with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in March, 2015, to close up shop in […]

Folleto desencadena polémica en Boyle Heights a través de los redes sociales

By Sahra Sulaiman | May 28, 2014 | 2 Comments

Cuando ayer por la mañana vi por primera vez el folleto a la izquierda en mis redes sociales, pensé que se trataba de una broma. Promocionaba a Boyle Heights como un “vecindario encantador, histórico, accesible para peatones y ciclistas” donde uno puede hacer una entrega inicial “tan baja como de 40 mil dólares y tener […]

Hearing For One Hit-and-Run is Rescheduled While Another Takes the Life of a Young Man in Watts

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 5, 2014 | No Comments

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. “Was it you?” “No,” I reassured them. “I’m still here.” I was surprised they had heard about […]

A Hearing and a Meeting on Boyle Heights Streets This Week

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 3, 2014 | No Comments

The Boyle Heights/El Sereno/Lincoln Heights communities logged a victory last fall when USC decided that they would not only reroute a road originally planned to connect Norfolk St. with Soto through Hazard Park (left), but that they would also vacate claims to that portion of the land by handing it over to the Dept. of […]

“Nothing Brings Me Comfort”: Family of Hit-and-Run Victim Plan to Hold Ride to Driver’s Hearing

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jan 31, 2014 | 1 Comment

What goes through the mind of a drunk driver who senselessly mows people down? It’s a question the family and friends of Luis “Andy” Garcia are still waiting for answers to. Garcia, an experienced cyclist and recent transplant to L.A., was riding home with friends on the night of September 14th, 2013, when 21 year-old […]

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