Environment

• The Return of CicLAvia to Los Angeles

  

  4/18/11, 6 a.m.

  CicLAvia came back to Los Angeles in April.

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  4/8/11, 6 a.m.

  South Los Angeles residents looking to get to Downtown Los Angeles for CicLAvia on Sunday can do so by joining on a Feeder Ride, a group bike ride hosted by organizers working to expand the event to South LA.

• First phase of South L.A. Wetlands park opens

  

  4/1/11, 7:26 a.m.

  A pocket park opened in South LA this week. It is phase one of a nine-acre South Los Angeles Wetland Park, the second man-made wetland in South LA that will aim to capture, clean and recycle storm water.

• Fruit tree giveaway hopes to become an annual event

  

  2/9/11, 8:21 p.m.

  South L.A. residents lined up for a chance to get free fruit trees at a first come, first serve basis from A Place Called Home.

• CicLAvia tests the waters in South L.A.

  

  2/8/11, 11:40 a.m.

  On Superbowl Sunday, about a dozen bikers explored possible roads from 7th Avenue all the way down Central Avenue to the iconic Watts Towers around 103rd Street.

• CicLAvia makes its way to South Los Angeles

  

  1/4/11, 2:52 p.m.

  On the heels of their successful 10-10-10 event, the organizers from CicLAvia are now in midst of planning a similar event in South L.A., which would rid streets of cars and transform the area to a bike and walk friendly for residents.

• South Central Farm — Four years later

  

  12/13/10, 11:25 a.m.

  Four years ago, the nation’s largest community garden was demolished, leaving the 350 families who cultivated crops there evicted. Now the plot is up for sale and the Farmers vow to buy their land back.