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Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Nov 28, 2012 | No Comments

More on the Mayor’s T.O.D. Cabinet (Curbed) Your Daily Tony V. for USDOT Secretary (Atlantic Cities) OCTA Raises Fares by 25%, Taps New Executive Director (Register, Breeze) Hope Dwindles for Measure J Supporters (KCET) Behold the Amazing, Volunteer Made, California Rail Map (Streetsblog LITE) Boxer, Feinstein Want Probe of Oil Refineries (Daily News) Long Beach: To […]

Meet the Falcons: How a Lost Bid for the Youth Football Championship Can Still Be a Win for a Community

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 20, 2012 | 11 Comments

“Oh, school doesn’t interest you?” volunteer coach Anthony Thomas asked the 8 year-old boy who had come to football practice with poor marks on his report card. “School has things to teach you,” he said firmly, but lovingly, as he disciplined the boy and another 9 year-old player with similar issues with drills that clearly […]

Help L.A. Streetsblog Reach Our $10,000 Fundraising Goal…and Say Goodbye and Good Luck to One of L.A.’s Best

By Damien Newton | Nov 19, 2012 | 2 Comments

It’s with nothing but happiness that Streetsblog is happy to co-host the “Engagement Celebration and Farewell Party” for Joe Linton and Carrie Lincourt. For those of you that don’t know, our intrepid Board Chair is engaged to a wonderful woman who happens to live in Jersey City, a mere 2,445 miles from Los Angeles as […]

South L.A. Neighborhood Bike Ambassadors Confer with Planners on Bike and Mobility Plans

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 13, 2012 | 1 Comment

Last night, between 15 and 20 members of the South L.A. Neighborhood Bike Ambassador (NBA) group gathered in the (amazing!) Civil Rights Museum at the Watts Labor Community Action Committee to talk with Jane Choi (Dept. of City Planning’s LA/2B), David Somers (Dept. of City Planning’s Bicycle Planner), and Nate Baird (Dept. of Transportation’s Project Coordinator […]

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton | Nov 8, 2012 | 2 Comments

If Measure J Was Plan B, Villaraigosa Has a Plan C and Plan D (LAT) The Big Local Winner from the Election? Grand Park (DTLA Rising, Streetsblog LITE, LAT, Curbed) No on J Takes Credit for Ballot Measure’s Defeat (BH Courier) Nah, Biggest Factor Was the Lower Turnout (The Source) Metro CEO Leahy Hints We […]

Celebrating Victory on Election Night in South L.A. with Community Coalition

By Sahra Sulaiman | Nov 7, 2012 | 1 Comment

Just before the elections, the L.A. Times definitively declared that “South L.A.’s zeal for politics has faded.” That declaration seemed unfair for two reasons. One, the article was not actually asking residents of South L.A. about politics, in general. It was asking whether or not black people were still enthralled with Obama and believed that his […]

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