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.

Bryan August-Jones and John Jones III, leader of the East Side Riders, after the Ride 4 Love. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.

Activist Profile: The East Side Riders — Riding for Love

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 14, 2012 | 9 Comments

WHEN I FIRST MET JOHN JONES III, leader of the East Side Riders, he sized up all 5′ 2” of me and, instead of shaking my hand, stuck his straight up in the air. “You want to talk to me, you’re going to have to reach my hand!” he said, shaking with a big belly […]

Rolling with the Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 10, 2012 | 9 Comments

The Real Rydaz Low Rider Bike Club are comprised of around 30 riders, and distinguished from other groups by the insane amount of detail that goes into crafting their custom bikes. It’s all for a good cause, however. They hope that by riding with pride through the streets of their communities–communities where recreational riding is […]

A Ride to the Watts Towers: More than a Ride to the Watts Towers

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

Several years ago, I spent a week photographing a stretch of 37th St. as part of a neighborhood documentation project of the area around USC. Where other photographers had diligently snapped structures and streets, I had cajoled residents into participating in the project and later gave them copies of the photos so they could see […]

Streetfilms: ¡Viva CicLAvia!

By Damien Newton | Feb 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

Vea el Streetfilm sin subtítulos, aqui. After sponsoring two Streetfilms of the first two CicLAvias, Los Angeles’ version of the open streets festival based on Bogota’s Ciclovia, Los Angeles Streetsblog faced a dilemma: How can we continue to cover the event that draws over a hundred thousand Angelenos to the streets? The Answer? Make a Streetfilm […]

Building Community One Story at a Time

By Sahra Sulaiman | Feb 1, 2012 | 3 Comments

A South LA Filmmaker Captures the Stories of African-American Cyclists on Film WHAT STAYED WITH HER were the stories, said Yolanda Davis-Overstreet, South LA native and director of “Ride: In Living Color,” a documentary currently being filmed on African-American cyclists. The stories started flowing from the moment she walked into City of Bicycles in Inglewood […]

Welcome to Streetsblog: Kris, Sahra and Carlos

By Streetsblog | Feb 1, 2012 | 5 Comments

Today is the day Los Angeles Streetsblog has been waiting for since our first launch in March of 2008. Today, we’re expanding. Everyone give a warm welcome to our two newest writers, Kris Fortin and Sahra Sulaiman. Streetsblog is happy to announce that thanks to a generous grant from the California Endowment, today we are […]

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