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Category Archives: infrastructure
Stray cats, needy dogs
On this episode of Hear in the City we visit with two extraordinary people who dedicate their lives to caring for pets that would otherwise fall through the cracks of the urban economic crisis. One, a … Continue reading
Bullied?
On this week’s show, we are thrilled to announce that Hear in the City has been selected to be part of a national one-hour radio series: Generation PRX’s Bullied Project. Student producers René Ayala and Oscar Rodriguez … Continue reading
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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Two wheels and a mic: rights and cyclists in the city
On this episode of Hear in the City we resume our conversation with Patrick Miller who is an arts educator, DJ, and avid cyclist. He is also involved in several cycling initiatives both official and more informal across the city … Continue reading
Posted in air pollution, bicycling, culture in the city, Culver City, economy and equality, infrastructure, LAPD, smog, Special Series, street parades, sustainability, transportation, Two Wheels and a Mic, urban environment
Tagged bicycling in Los Angeles, Bike Oven, Bikeside L.A., Culver City, cycling in the city, Hear in the City, L.A. Eco Village, LACM, LAPD, Los Angeles Critical Mass, Patrick Miller, transportation in the city, Two Wheels and a Mic
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19th century transportation in the 21st century: 6/28/2011
On this week’s Hear in the City, we launch a new series called Two Wheels and a Mic by checking in with artist, educator, and bicycle activist Patrick Miller about an incident in Los Angeles that made national news last … Continue reading
Posted in arts, film, and music, Baldwin Hills, bicycling, culture in the city, economy and equality, film, infrastructure, LAPD, public radio, smog, Special Series, transportation, Two Wheels and a Mic, urban environment
Tagged Critical Mass, cycling in Los Angeles, experimental film, Hear in the City, James Benning, Jesse Lerner, Midnight Ridazz, Patrick Miller, RR, Sara Harris
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4/12/2011: Urban Innovations and La Batalla de Chile
CicLAvia: Los Angeles is home to 3 and a half million people, 2 and half million automobiles on six and half thousand miles of public streets. Seven of those miles were automobile free this past Sunday, open only to cyclists, … Continue reading
04/05/11: Ciclavia & Education in Crisis Series
Ciclavia 2011
Luis Sierra Campos meets up with the community outreach coordinator for Ciclavia, happening this Sunday, when the city will make seven miles of roads automobile-free for an afternoon, open only to cyclists, pedestrians, and other people moving on their own … Continue reading
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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2/07/2011: it’s the year of the Rabbit
the Wilshire Blvd. bus lane vote
On Wednesday, the L.A. City Council heard a proposal that would reduce by half the length of a 9-mile bus only lane funded principally by the federal government and in part by the city. Engineers, advocates, environmental groups, and bus … Continue reading
