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Monthly Archives: February 2011
2/24/2011: the smogometer
This is Sara Harris, host of Hear in the City. We’re on a break this week while our local station KPFK holds its winter fund-drive. So we’re gearing up for a new series about air pollution and environmental justice that … Continue reading
Posted in Air Check Series, air pollution, book reviews, public health, public radio, smog, Special Series, transportation, urban environment
Tagged Air Check, air pollution, Hear in the City, James Elroy, Los Angeles history, lung-burning, Newsdesk.org, oil drilling, post WWII, smog, Smogtown, Spot.us
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2/14/2011: about love
Humans have written about, talked about, sang about broken hearts and first loves and all the clichés that go with them, through the ages. But, we do not so often hear about the moment of awakening that comes with a … Continue reading
Posted in culture in the city, gender, GLBTQ life, love, marginalize communities, music, poetry, public radio
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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
2/07/2011: it’s the year of the Rabbit
It’s Chinese New Year. Families give red envelopes to children and hang mandarin oranges on their doors. Hear in the City host Sara Harris takes us to the Broadway Chinatown parade and gets an education about traditional symbols, foods, and … Continue reading
2/07/2011: it’s the year of the Rabbit
Maya Goded
This past Saturday evening, Mexican photographer Maya Goded inaugurated a solo exhibition called Las Olvidadas at the California Museum of Photography in Riverside. Goded is a documentarian associated with the Magnum cooperative and known for her work in marginalized and … Continue reading
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
bus riders vs. condo canyon
Sunyoung Yang joins us to talk about recent opposition by West side residents to an ambitious Bus Only Lane that will change the commute on Wilshire and encourage more people to get out of their cars and onto the MTA. … Continue reading
Posted in 017: 01/31/2011 the national homeless count from Covina, Brentwood, CA, City Government, economy and equality, infrastructure, public health, sustainability, urban environment
Tagged air pollution, Bill Rosendahl, bus only lanes, Bus Riders Union, Condo Canyon, MTA, traffic, Wilshire Blvd.
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1/31/2011: the national homeless count from Covina, CA
The national homeless count
The Homeless count in Los Angeles County is done every two years and is headed by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), the lead agency in the county’s Continuum of Care. Two years ago when the count estimated 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