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.

Youth Create a Mural to Beautify Hollenbeck Park

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 20, 2013 | 3 Comments

When I showed up at the YouthBuild charter school in Boyle Heights yesterday, I expected to be doing a story to promote a mural unveiling and community health fair. I had heard students had painted a mural that would be placed in Hollenbeck Park and thought it might be interesting to learn about the motivations […]

Boyle Heights, Here I Come…

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jun 14, 2013 | 4 Comments

As Damien announced yesterday, over the next weeks and months, I will be expanding my beat territory to include Boyle Heights. I am excited to have the opportunity to work in a community whose vibrancy I so greatly admire. For the past few years, I’ve had the privilege of getting to know the community through […]

Mexico Meets Eastside: Ruminations on Buses, Metro, Bicycles and Swap Meets

By Kristopher Fortin | Jun 7, 2013 | No Comments

It’s a copout to compare my travels in Mexico and Guatemala to anything on the Eastside. But, I can’t help it. It’s one of the biggest things on my mind the entire time. Every time I saw a bicycle in Mexico City selling flowers, or taking water canisters to businesses, I would think of the […]

Boyle Heights Meets Mexico: BH Resident Finds Her Mettle in Guadalajara Through Bike Pettles

By Kristopher Fortin | Jun 3, 2013 | No Comments

After riding a couple blocks from her home, Bianca Uli Estrada dismounts her bicycle and walks on an unpaved, rocky sidewalk with light posts that split it down the middle. The 26-year-old Estrada feels the wind of oncoming cars and buses as she stops to let pedestrians pass. Earlier this year, a bus smashed and […]

ELACC Scores $100,000 from L.A. 2050 to Make Life Better for Street Vendors

By Kristopher Fortin | May 22, 2013 | No Comments

Recently, a program directed to aid street vendors was awarded $100,000 as a part of the LA2050 contest. East Los Angeles Community Corporation and Leadership for Urban Renewal Now’s proposed a program that will bridge the gap between brick and mortar businesses and street vendors, and a venture capital fund for street vendors. “As a […]

Learning How to Make a Neighborhood Market a Place for Healthy Food

By Rafael Cardenas | May 2, 2013 | No Comments

Last week, hosted in a small campus in Boyle Heights, the Healthy Neighborhood Market Network (HNMN) held a Neighborhood Market Training, an informative workshop program that helps our little corner markets put a focus on healthy foods from local farms for their customers. The plan is to put the fruits and vegetables in prominent views […]

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