Recent Streetsblog LA posts about Eastside

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues are intertwined with the health, culture, livability and strength of a community, Streetsblog and The California Endowment teamed to bring Streetsblog’s coverage to a hyper-local level in Boyle Heights and South Los Angeles. Sahra Sulaiman is Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and oversees work in South Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Her work and that of our former Boyle Heights-specific writer Kris Fortin can be found here. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

How Green is Your Thumb?: L.A. Community Garden Council May Want you to Make a Presentation at Annual Gathering of Community Gardens

By Sahra Sulaiman | | No Comments
You’re a gardening whiz. You do magical things with compost. Maybe you’ve got some special chicken-wrangling skills. Or you spread the gospel of organic tomatoes like nobody’s business. Or you’ve worked with neighbors to transform a local school or vacant lot. Whatever your unique talent, the Los Angeles Community Garden Council (LACGC) — an organization […]

Inside Out 11M Rolls into Boyle Heights

By Susy Chávez Herrera | | 1 Comment
Susy Chávez Herrera grew up in City Terrace, Los Angeles, CA and Colima, Mexico. After years away from home she’s recently returned to LA. A trained anthropologist whose favorite subject are urban settings, she enjoys gardening, and loves nothing more than to lose herself in the sunny streets of Oaxaca, Mexico on a quite Sunday […]
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