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Q&A with Producer from ‘Up in the Air’ Report on Boyle Heights Air Quality (Part 2)

By Kristopher Fortin | Mar 9, 2012 | 3 Comments

(This is the second of a two-part interview. To read the first part, click here) Yesterday, Eastside Streetsblog published the first of two parts of an interview with KCET’s SoCal Connected Associate Producer Rocio Zamora on her elaborating on her story about Boyle Heights air quality. In this second part, Zamora talks about stories that didn’t […]

Tour de Watts: Join us for an event to celebrate the launch of Streetsblog in South L.A.

By Sahra Sulaiman | Mar 7, 2012 | No Comments

Join us from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Watts to celebrate the launch of Streetsblog in South L.A.! Please join us on March 17th for a tour of neighborhoods in Watts and Florence-Firestone with the East Side Riders in celebration of our South L.A. launch and their 3rd anniversary of serving the community. The […]

Free Bikerowave Class: How to Fix Your Bike Even If You Don’t Know a Bottom Bracket from a Bake Cable

By Damien Newton | Mar 4, 2012 | No Comments

The Bikerowave, your local local not for profit Bicycle repair and teaching Cooperative is launching a series of classes. Have you ever wanted to learn how to put your chain back on with a stick, true a wheel with a rock, or fix your chain with a nail? Well all that and more can be […]

Long Beach: REIMAGINING URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE

By Damien Newton | Feb 24, 2012 | No Comments

Eliminating freeways to create regional parks and installing temporary interventions in the street are just a few ways that cities are creating more livable places. The panel discussion will explore the possibilities of urban infrastructure in Long Beach and beyond. Rock Miller PE, PTOE Principal, Stantec Consultants Brian Ulaszewski LEED AP Associate, Studio One Eleven Madeline Brozen Program […]

Una Placita: Mercado’s Virgin de Guadelupe Shrine Creates a Social Space From a Parking Space

By Kristopher Fortin | Feb 23, 2012 | No Comments

The Virgin de Guadelupe shrine is one of the most recognizable landmarks at the Mercado de Los Angeles. The christmas lights that drape over the shrine make it one of the brightest and colorful spots in the Mercado parking lot at night, even with the Mercado only a few steps away. Though patrons regularly visit […]

Programming Note: Damien on City Maven Radio Hour

By Streetsblog | Feb 9, 2012 | No Comments

Every Thursday morning at 11:00 A.M. , City Maven Radio Hour is broadcast LATalkRadio.com. The Maven, aka journalist Alice M. Walton, regularly interviews some of the top insiders of local politics. Today, we are proud that one of her featured guests is L.A. Streetsblog editor Damien Newton. The show starts at 11:00, but Newton won’t be featured […]

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