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Streetsblog Interview with Long Beach Film Maker Michael Bauch

By Drew Reed | May 6, 2010 | 7 Comments

Michael Wolfgang Bauch is a Long Beach based filmmaker, videographer, kayaker, and avid cyclist. He recently talked with Streetsblog over the phone about his latest full-length documentary, Riding Bikes With The Dutch. The film premieres this Sunday, May 9 at the Art Theatre in Long Beach at 5 PM, as part of the Long Beach […]

Streetsblog Interview: “Retired” Ridazz

By Damien Newton | Jul 17, 2009 | 19 Comments

Photo of the first Midnight Ridazz, including Ma Bell at the back/right via Midnightridazz.com (editor’s note: This interview was recorded last Friday afternoon, hours before anyone was shot. If we had talked afterward, you can bet that would have come up in our conversation.) It’s Friday, and that means throughout Los Angeles, cyclists are gearing […]

Streetsblog Interview: Introducing Art Leahy

By Damien Newton | Jul 16, 2009 | 14 Comments

When entering Metro CEO Art Leahy’s office, you can’t help but notice that he’s a sports fan and a native Angeleno. His wall is decorated with USC football paraphernalia and his bookshelf has a couple of Los Angeles Dodgers bobbleheads and other memorabilia from Dodgertown. When staff that happened to graduate from UCLA are in […]

Streetsblog Interview: The Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition

By Damien Newton | Jul 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

Aurisha Smolarski talks to Fox 11 after the first Car-Free Friday. Eleven years ago, a small group of bike riders that included Streetsblog contributors Joe Linton and Ron Milam, founded the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the county’s largest bicycle advocacy organization. The LACBC always has a bunch of plates spinning in the air, so […]

Streetsblog Interview: Michael Woo

By Damien Newton | May 21, 2009 | 10 Comments

Michael Woo has a long history fighting for a cleaner Los Angeles. In the late 1980’s, he was the rare City Councilman who was also a trained urban planner and had a strong showing in the 1993 Mayoral Election coming up short to Mayor Riordan. He currently teaches urban planning at USC, and consultant to […]

Streetsblog Interview: Andres Tena

By Damien Newton | May 21, 2009 | 6 Comments

Back on the bike: Tena after the "Bike Not to Work Day" ride last week. Late one Thursday night, or early on Friday morning depending your point of view, this April an H3 Hummer hit a cyclist, and what followed is a controversy that fuels emotions that rivals last year’s Mandeville Canyon “Road Rage Doctor” […]

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