The CD 11 Livable Streets Candidate Forum is Live on Streetsblog TV
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Stick around after the debate is over for a brief chat with each of the candidates.
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Black Kids on Bikes Spread the Gospel of the Bike at the King Day Parade
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As everybody gathered in the middle of Crenshaw Blvd. for a group photo at the end of the King Day parade, an African-American freelance photojournalist came out to where I was positioned with my camera. “They’re the Black Kids on Bikes,” I said, gesturing toward the group. He gave me a funny look. “No, it’s […]
Poll: Pick the Logo for “SoCal Streetsblog TV”
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Anyone that’s met Veronica Hernandez knows that our former intern doesn’t do anything half-way. When we asked for her help to plan our social media expansion, she readily answered the call. Part of the project was designing logos for the SoCal Streetsblog TV and SoCal StreetsTube. In typical fashion, she gave us two logos: one […]
Federal Transit Administration Grapples With Likely Funding Cuts
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After fighting to maintain reasonable funding levels in the transportation bill – and for the inclusion of dedicated transit funding in the first place – the Federal Transit Administration now finds itself up against almost certain funding cuts that imperil rail and bus expansion projects, as well as the agency’s own staffing. The fiscal cliff deal hasn’t […]
The 2013 Social Media Expansion
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(Images by our old friend Veronica Hernandez.) While Livable Streets advocates around the country are buzzing with the news that Streetsblog Chicago will open tomorrow, we’ve been working hard on expanding the Streetsblog brand here in Southern California. No, we’re not opening a new Streetsblog (yet…), but we do have a couple of exciting new […]
Villaraigosa Offers Tough Stance on Gun Violence, but South L.A. Youth Say the Problem is Deeper than Guns
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The first time he shot somebody, he says, another gang member helped him hold his hand steady as he aimed the gun out the window of the car they were sitting in. He hadn’t wanted to do it — he didn’t even know the kid he thinks he hit in the back and the head, […]