At the Skid Row Neighborhood Watch Walk | Photo by Ed Fuentes/View from a Loft, used with permission Submitted and authored by Emily Lerman JOIN THE SKID ROW NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH WALK: July marked the three-year anniversary of this monthly walk focused on bringing attention and awareness to Skid Row. While the decrease in the number of people sleeping on the streets in Skid Row provides evidence of both improvement in the area and the......

Looking for a fun weekend excursion at one of the most foodie-friendly locations in LA? Melting Pot Tours will be leading a walking-and-tasting tour of the Farmers Market at 3rd & Fairfax to the Beverly Center at 3rd & La Cienega this Friday and Saturday at 9:30am. Tours are expected to last about 3.5 hours and will include tastings and small bites at various restaurants and eateries along the route. Tickets are limited, so......

An early Sunday evening walk exploring your own neighborhood can be quite fulfilling. Here's what caught our eye while taking a walk up Alomar Drive in the hills of Sherman Oaks towards a little known piece of public open space that overlooks the San Fernando Valley (nearby, you can hike a small trail in Dixie Canyon Park). Looking for a walk that is a little more than casual? Try the Hollywoodland Staircases Walk in Beachwood......

Metro's Chair and City of Santa Monica Councilwoman Pam O'Connor held one of her monthly online chats with residents yesterday. StreetsblogLA was there and noted that she personally thinks transit planning needs to stop just counting cars and start counting people. You know, bicycles, walkers, people on busses -- all those aspects that make up street use. The current mainstream models mainly focus on cars, cars, cars. Ever notice in Downtown LA when walking around......

Photo by K. Moriarty via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr FILM It might be hard to enjoy the recent Lindsay Lohan film I Know Who Killed Me, but the Silent Movie Theatre believes it’s possible. Tonight, filmmaker Chris Sivertson and the theatre’s Holyf*ckingshit series presents his arts-ploitation movie, and encourages viewers to take another look. How can one resist a film with a hairless cat and a rechargeable prosthetic limb? 10:30 p.m.......

As the Sunday morning sunrise warmed the lawn of the San Gabriel Mission, dedicated celebrants gathered with the Pobladores 200 to recognize LA’s upcoming 226th birthday by retracing the steps of the original settlers who established El Pueblo de la Reina de Los Angeles in 1781. San Gabriel is quite proud of its contribution to the “birth” of Los Angeles and a significant contingent of enthusiastic San Gabriel volunteers were on hand to outfit and......

Green LA Girl is walking every street in Santa Monica and she just discovered this Web 2.0 gem: Walk Score. It calculates the walkability of an address by locating nearby stores, restaurants, schools, parks, etc. to help people find walkable places to live. Pretty awesome, right? I've always prided myself on my part of Sherman Oaks and it's walkability. Within a 10-minute walk radius I can walk to two bars, four restaurant bars (including......