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Fracking is the “Latest Cause of Silly People” and is Great for the Economy!

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 15, 2013 | 8 Comments

I cannot pretend to be an expert on fracking. Not even close. Yet, I can’t help the feeling that drilling thousands of feet into the earth, pumping millions of gallons of chemical-laden water — with many of the chemicals being known carcinogens — multiple times over several days into the ground in earthquake fault zones […]

Two New Ghost Bikes Go Up to Honor Fallen Cyclists in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 14, 2013 | 3 Comments

Two new ghost bikes went up in South L.A. and Compton yesterday. One was to commemorate the death last month of Sylvester Henderson, 26, who was hit by the train while crossing the Blue Line tracks at the intersection of Grandee and Century Blvd. Not much is known about Henderson’s death, unfortunately. Much to the […]

South L.A. Needs YOU to Speak Up at Regional Budget Day on Saturday, March 16.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 13, 2013 | 10 Comments

“This chart sums up why South LA consistently gets left behind when funds are divided,” reads the post on the Empowerment Congress West Area Neighborhood Development Council’s facebook page (referring to the image above). The chart describes the distribution of the responses received as of February 13 of this year to the Mayor’s annual Budget Survey. […]

Expo Board Approves Construction Funding for First Part of Greenway Project

By Damien Newton | Mar 11, 2013 | 4 Comments

On Thursday March 7th, the Expo Construction Authority Board of Directors approved $89,000 for the first step in what would be the “Expo Greenway” (Greenway) project near the Westwood Station of the Expo Line. The Expo Greenway project would transform the area between Westwood Boulevard and Overland Avenue adjacent to the future bikeway and rail […]

South L.A. Happenings: Anti-Fracking Concerts, Farmers’ Markets, Sports Fairs and Runs, Bike Rides for Justice, and Detoxes

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

TONIGHT Sitting in a room full of California journalists and their editors last week as part of my training for a journalism fellowship, I was incredibly surprised to learn that few of them knew that fracking was going on in L.A.’s back yard. The lack of awareness has been of great concern to many of […]

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Mar 8, 2013 | 1 Comment

Olympics 2014 in Los Angeles? (ESPN, Daily News, NBC4) Bike Tax? (LAT) Critics Fear Pollution Caused by SCIG (CBS2) Which of Course Was Approved Unanimously (Daily Breeze, Marine Link) New Report Tells Us What We Know, the Streets Are Crumbling (LA Weekly) Villaraigosa: I’ll Support Whoever Wins (Daily News) Meetings Scheduled for East SFV Corridor Project […]

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