Recent Streetsblog LA posts about South LA

In an effort to show how transportation, open space, planning and other issues impact the health and character 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 the Communities Editor for Streetsblog Los Angeles and is leading our coverage efforts in these communities. This page serves as a place to read Sahra’s and all of Streetsblog’s coverage of issues in South L.A. Contact Sahra at sahra[at]streetsblog.org or on twitter: @sahrasulaiman.

This Saturday: Do Good in Crenshaw and Learn About the Transformative Power of Art for Those Who Have Been Incarcerated in West Adams

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 5, 2012 | 1 Comment

When neighborhoods suffer foreclosures, everyone on the block gets hurt. The abandoned buildings can quickly become blight and attract criminal activity. The decline of a block can hurt the self-esteem of a community. It is also hard to bring communities together through block clubs and neighborhood councils when people are struggling to stay afloat and […]

Extend Your Hours of Cyclo-topia: Start CicLAvia in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 4, 2012 | 1 Comment

Just one week after Angelenos proved they could happily bike and walk their way through Carmageddon, they get to put their freshly honed skills to the test at the nation’s biggest car-free festival. CicLAvia‘s back, y’all! Grab your bike, your family, and/or some friends and experience almost ten miles of cyclo-topia in the heart of […]

Sunday Stabbing on the Blue Line Spotlights Questions of Safety on the Trains

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 1, 2012 | 3 Comments

Sunday evening, at approximately 7:20 p.m., a 20-something year old man was stabbed by two women — one in her early 20s and the other in her early 50s — while traveling southbound on the Metro Blue Line. Passengers that witnessed the altercation called security and requested a Sheriff meet the train at the Firestone […]

“South L.A. Democratic Spaces” Exhibit Launches Tonight at USC

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 27, 2012 | No Comments

When people look at questions of transportation, livable streets, or complete streets, they sometimes look at them in isolation, as if they stood alone from socio-economic issues. Slate’s recent touting of LA’s transit system as the next big thing, for example, never addresses questions of who is riding, how, and why. Or, why not, in […]

Metro Diary: Planes, Trains, and Confusing Transfers with TAP

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 26, 2012 | 33 Comments

“Do you need any help?” I asked the tall Russian guy. He was making a valiant effort to look nonchalant as he shifted his gaze back and forth between the Metro rail map at the Aviation/LAX stop of the Green Line and the directions printed out in his hand. He needed to get to Hollywood […]

Endeavouring to Find Opportunities for Communities in the Wake of the Shuttle’s Passage

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 21, 2012 | 12 Comments

“That’s a lot of wood,” mused Ben Caldwell of the 400 trees on the chopping block along the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s route to the Science Center. I could almost see the wheels turning in his brain. Founder of the Kaos Network in Leimert Park, life-long artist, and community activist, Caldwell had moved past the gloom-and-doom […]

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