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It’s a short week. They always are in December, but the opening of the appropriately named ARTIC station is a fun highlight. Tuesday – A group of residents tired of the dangerous conditions at the intersection of Hollywood/Hillhurst/Sunset/Virgil have formed a committee to look at some of the options to best improve the intersection. This week’s […]

A couple of big firsts this week: CicLAvia arrives in South L.A. and Long Beach begins studying the process of dismantling a freeway. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and next Monday – evenings – Councilmember Gil Cedillo is hosting a slew of early December workshops to look at transportation issues in Council District 1 neighborhoods. Pedestrians and cyclists […]

Advisory committees, happy hours, meetings about oil fields. It’s a full week as we head into the holidays. Tonight – LongBeachize hosts its first ever happy hour at the Blind Donkey (149 Linden Ave, Long Beach) with specials sponsored by New Belgian Brewing. Love those guys. The happy hour kicks off the LongBeachize fall pledge […]

This week gets off to a slow start, but what do you expect when there’s a holiday on Tuesday. Starting Wednesday, things really start to pick up. Wednesday – Mayor Eric Garcetti will join ULI Los Angeles, a District Council of the Urban Land Institute (ULI), for Transit Oriented LA – ToLA – an interactive event unveiling dramatic changes in transportation. At last […]

Let’s keep it short. Vote! Monday – Tonight, Zocalo is hosting a panel entitled, Are Trains the Future of L.A. While we’re not presenting in the forum, both myself and local editorial board chair Juan Matute were asked to write essays on the subject. Get the event details, here. Read our essays, here. Tuesday – […]

This week gets off to a slow start, but Thursday night is one of the biggest parties of the year, the First LACBC Firefly Ball. Be safe this weekend! Wednesday – Celebrating the award-winning opera one year after it encompassed Union Station and transfixed Los Angeles, this free acoustic concert performance of the opera reunites the […]