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.

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 […]

Bike Rack City Ride: Learning How to Install Bike Racks in Boyle Heights

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 21, 2012 | 1 Comment

More than 20 cyclists rode on August 12, 2012 through the 1st Street corridor in Boyle Heights to learn how to install bike racks in their neighborhood. Organizers from City of Lights got down to specific details like the distance needed between a rack and certain infrastructure like parking meters, and how to speak to business […]

Helicopter Noise? The Bedtime Song for Many Boyle Heights Residents

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 8, 2012 | 5 Comments

At Monday night’s town hall meeting about helicopter noise in communities, residents from Sherman Oaks, Westwood, Torrance, Manhattan Beach and Rivera filled the Burrill Hall at Millikan Middle School with more than 400 people. Yet, during the public comment section, it was clear there was an absence of residents from South Los Angeles and East […]

Boyle Heights’ Tour de la Heights

By Kristopher Fortin | Aug 1, 2012 | No Comments

Saturday afternoon, the Ovarian Psycos Bicycle Brigade led a bike ride that crisscrossed the Boyle Heights neighborhood showing off many of the important cultural and community centers to cyclists. Some were new to the area, some were just visiting, some had lived in Boyle Heights all their lives. Regardless of their familiarity with the neighborhood, all had a […]

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