SGV Connect 91 – Damien and Kris, One Last Time
oday’s SGV Connect podcast is the last one for the duo of Damien Newton and Kris Fortin. Streetsblog L.A. is hiring a new San Gabriel Valley reporter, because Kris is moving on to a full-time position with Santa Ana Active Streets. I certainly wasn’t going to let Kris go without one goodbye podcast together.
Kris has written for Streetsblog on and off for over a decade first covering Boyle Heights then after a break moving to Orange County and finally covering the San Gabriel Valley where he lived and grew up.
No last podcast would be complete without a look back at some favorite stories of Kris’ throughout the years. Here are some of mine:
- Pasadena Makes Progress on Getting Local Control Over State Route 710 Stub
- Santa Ana Active Streets Is Building an Equity-Centered, Resident-Led Transportation Coalition<
- Cognitive Dissonance : OCTA Hikes Fares for Buses, Awards $1.2 Billion for Freeway Widening
- LAPD Threatens Closure of Painted Alleyway to Public Events Lacking Permits
- San Gabriel Valley Residents Show Support for Black Lives Matter in Multi-city Demonstrations
- Re-imagining Glendale Boulevard – Kris’ first story for us, in January 2012
SGV Connect is supported by Foothill Transit, offering car-free travel throughout the San Gabriel Valley with connections to the new Gold Line Stations across the Foothills and Commuter Express lines traveling into the heart of downtown L.A. To plan your trip, visit Foothill Transit. “Foothill Transit. Going Good Places.”
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