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.

The Women of the Ovarian-Psycos Bicycle Brigade

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 19, 2012 | 3 Comments

(This is the second of a two-part series. To read the first part how the Ovarian Psycos started, click here.) Whether they are charras on bikes like Ova Andrea Ramirez says they are, they work hard to make Ovarian-Psyco Bicycle Brigade work. Though the all-female Latina bicycle collective turned out mostly Latina, the group is open to […]

The Ovarian-Psycos Bicycle Brigade Make a Space for Women on the Eastside

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 15, 2012 | 24 Comments

(We’re working on a photo essay tomorrow following up on today’s story. So, come back Monday. D) Two months ago, when 22-year-old Bree’Anna Guzman was murdered in Lincoln Heights, the all-women bike group Ovarian-Pscyos Bicycle Brigade scrapped their previously planned ride to ride instead through the neighborhood to protest the killing. “Whose Streets,” one woman […]

A Long History of Creating a Sense of Place at LA’s Latino Triangle Parks: Mariachi Plaza

By James Rojas | Mar 9, 2012 | No Comments

Twenty years ago when I started documenting Latino’s use of public space, the triangle site of today’s Mariachi Plaza was a donut shop. Mariachis would hang out at the donut shop waiting for work. People would park their cars and negotiate with Mariachis to play for their events, while fruit carts would sell to the […]

Q&A with Producer from ‘Up in the Air’ Report on Boyle Heights Air Quality (Part 2)

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 9, 2012 | 3 Comments

(This is the second of a two-part interview. To read the first part, click here) Yesterday, Eastside Streetsblog published the first of two parts of an interview with KCET’s SoCal Connected Associate Producer Rocio Zamora on her elaborating on her story about Boyle Heights air quality. In this second part, Zamora talks about stories that didn’t […]

Q&A with Producer from ‘Up in the Air’ Report on Boyle Heights Air Quality (Part 1)

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 8, 2012 | No Comments

(Part II coming tomorrow…) Being surrounded by three major freeways in Los Angeles, and residences living practically next door to industry, it’s pretty obvious Boyle Heights is not the best place to breathe. A couple weeks ago, KCET’s SoCal Connected aired a story about the air quality in Boyle Heights, showing how closely residents, especially children, […]

Transit Rockers It’s Casual to Release Full-Length Album

By Kristopher Fortin | Feb 29, 2012 | No Comments

If people couldn’t get enough of It’s Casual’s declaration that “Freeways are not so nice,” then no need to wait for Myspace or Youtube pages to load any longer. Boyle Heights based hardcore band It’s Casual will be releasing their full-length album “The New Los Angeles Part I: Through The Eyes Of A Bus Rider” on March 13. […]

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