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Category Archives: community redevelopment
a house painted gold
On this episode, we visit a humble house on a winding road in the hills of Los Angeles where a group of artists turn one family’s mortgage default and foreclosure story into a lens for looking at a larger problem. … Continue reading
Posted in arts, film, and music, City of Los Angeles, community arts, community redevelopment, culture in the city, Cypress Park, economy and equality, marginalize communities, music, Neighborhood/Area, protest, street art, video
Tagged A Notorious Possession, Economic Justice, End Of The Rainbow, Foreclosure Crisis Los Angeles, Gold, Hear in the City, Igor Stravinsky, Jesse Lerner, Mapping The City Through Sound, Olga Koumoundouros, Radio Realities From, Sara Harris, The Rite Of Spring, the urban landscape, Wizard Of Oz
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¿Y, si hubo fraude? and unions try to stop Walmart in Chinatown
While most media regurgitate Calderón and the PRI’s assertions that Mexico has a president-elect, today on Hear in the City, Sara interviews investigative journalist and Enfoque Latino contributor Dolores Dorantes about what she calls “A Coup d’ Etat, Mexican … Continue reading
Posted in Chinatown, Chinese culture, City Government, community redevelopment, culture in the city, economy and equality, election coverage, labor, Mexico, Neighborhood/Area, protest, radio, street parades, work
Tagged AMLO, Chinatown, Dolores Dorantes, Elecciones En México, Enrique Peña Nieto, Felipe Calderón, Hear in the City, IFE, Los Angeles, Mexican Election, Mexico, PAN, PRI, Sara Harris, Walmart
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Air Check: the problem beneath the park
On our last episode, we heard from residents about the history of oil fields and parkland in the Baldwin Hills, Ladera Heights, Windsor Hills, and Culver City Crest in South Los Angeles. On this week’s show, we hear about two … Continue reading
Posted in Air Check Series, air pollution, arts, film, and music, Baldwin Hills, City Government, community redevelopment, culture in the city, Echo Park, Echo Park, economy and equality, film, infrastructure, Inglewood, local oil production, public health, public radio, Special Series, urban environment
Tagged Air Check, Baldwin Hills, Baldwin Hills Conservancy, Citizen's Coalition for a Safe Environment, Community Health Councils, Echo Park Film Center, Inglewood Oilfield, Ladera Heights, Newsdesk.org, petroleum extraction, PXP, Sara Harris, Spot.us, Sunset and Alvarado, Thandisizwe Chimurenga
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03/29/2011: Education in Crisis
LAUSD School Number 13
Hear in the City visits the construction site of LAUSD School Number 13, to learn more about the New School Construction Program, was approved by voters in 2007. We talk with a young engineer at the site about the new … Continue reading
Posted in 022: 3/29/2011: Education in Crisis, City Government, community redevelopment, Crisis in Education, Cypress Park, economy and equality, education, gender, infrastructure, LAUSD, Special Series, sustainability, Uncategorized, urban environment, work
Tagged achitecture, construction, high school, new contstruction, Sara Harris, school budget, teacher shortages, voter initiatives
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1/31/2011: the national homeless count from Covina, CA
Community redevelopment and homeless services in Covina
46,800 people live in this small city in the San Gabriel Valley, two dozen of them without permanent housing. That may not seem like a lot, especially by Los Angeles County standards, but what may make Covina unique is that … Continue reading
1/31/2011: the national homeless count from Covina, CA
On this week’s show, we ride along with volunteers on part of the National Homeless Count from the City of Covina in the San Gabriel Valley. We also find out why the community redevelopment agency in Covina is working to … Continue reading
