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.

By Foot, Pedal, or Car, Boyle Heights Voters Arrive At Polls

By Kristopher Fortin | Nov 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

As the second wave of voters rushed to the polls last night at rush hour in Boyle Heights, voters arrived not just by car, also on foot, and some by bicycle. There was no clear reason that made people come out by any particular mode. Ruby Gonzalez, 26, said that though she only lives three […]

SLIDESHOW: Canvassers Get Out the Vote, One Block at a Time

By Kristopher Fortin | Nov 6, 2012 | 2 Comments

Updated: 1:34 p.m, 11/06/2012 (Full Disclouse: Evelyn Leon and Erick Huerta are canvassers for Inner City Struggle’s “Yes on 30” and “No on 32” campaign for today’s election. L.A. Streetsblog does not endorse either measure. Rather, I joined the canvassers to see what they experience in trying to get out their message, and how the public responds to […]

SLIDESHOW: Dia de Los Muertos Takes Over Large Swath of First Street

By Kristopher Fortin | Nov 5, 2012 | No Comments

Two celebrations on Friday in Boyle Heights that commemorated the dead were done for the most part separate from each other. Yet, what was made out to be a celebration to commemorate the dead, turned into by accident the Eastside’s first informal but functioning art walk. Eastside Luv Wine Bar y Queso’s seventh annual Día […]

Día de Los Muertos/Day of The Dead bike rides, festivals in Boyle Heights

By Kristopher Fortin | Nov 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

More than 40 Día de Los Muertos Celebrations have been happening this month in Los Angeles and its surrounding areas. Today marks the first Day of the Dead Celebration happening at Grand Park, set with live music, altars and artwork. While Day of the Dead has taken off around the city, the standard for its […]

Boyle Heights Residents Document Housing Concerns for Future Mayor

By Kristopher Fortin | Nov 1, 2012 | No Comments

The first of two town hall meetings focusing on housing, education, and employment conditions took place last Thursday at the Mendez Learning Center. The information and anecdotal stories compiled at these meetings will be presented at mayoral candidate forums before next year’s citywide elections. Comunidades Unidas de Boyle Heights, or United Communities of Boyle Heights, […]

Halloween in Boyle Heights Goes Late Into The Night

By Kristopher Fortin | Nov 1, 2012 | No Comments

A costumed Captain America along with other trick-or-treaters were resting at George’s Burgers on Cesar Chavez, young costumed witches were walking with their parents on the dimly lit Whittier Boulevard, and on First Street people in front of Andy’s Gift Shop near the Soto Street Gold Line Station were giving out free popcorn. Even though I […]

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