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This Week’s Featured Posts: SGV Connect 142: Baldwin Park Responds to ICE and All That She Baldwin Park’s immigrant relief efforts and a San Gabriel Valley filmmaker’s global portrait of women highlight this week’s SGV Connect podcast By Damien Newton and Chris Greenspon
Top Headlines: Streetsblog Endorses Prop. 50 National Walk/Roll To School Day (Pasadena Now) Newsom Approves Protecting Street Vendor Data From ICE (Public Press) Learn More About the Burke Heritage Park and Marengo Yard Stormwater Project in Alhambra at 10/22 Meeting (EventBrite) Full Schedule of Active SGV Easy Access Rides in October-December (X/Twitter) Altadena Turns 50 (SGV Tribune) La Niña is back (again). Why that matters. (WaPo) Take Foothill Transit to the Rose Bowl
And here’s some Streetsblog stories from around the country from the past week:
City council enthusiastically approved restitution for those displaced by the freeway, but questions linger about who may qualify and how the money will be raised.
In this special World Cup edition of SGV Connect, Damien Newton talks with Foothill Transit Communications Director Felicia Friesema about how transit agencies across Los Angeles County are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
Responses so far have focused on youth sports and senior activities.
The locally controlled freeway project continues to make impressive progress, but will it be complete before the Olympics?
This park tucks a well-curated piece of green space into a nook of South Pasadena by the 110 Freeway.
City council enthusiastically approved restitution for those displaced by the freeway, but questions linger about who may qualify and how the money will be raised.
In this special World Cup edition of SGV Connect, Damien Newton talks with Foothill Transit Communications Director Felicia Friesema about how transit agencies across Los Angeles County are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
After some concerns about lost parking, residents convinced the city council to keep its complete streets concept uniform.
The thoughtful redesign fits seamlessly into the old Hayes neighborhood of town.
