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Celebrate Bike to Work Week with The Ditty Bops!
Photo courtesy of Jason DeFillippo via Flickr.

To kick off Bike to Work Week 2007, Metro is throwing a party downtown, on the South Lawn of LA’s iconic City Hall with a couple of the cutest musicians on two wheels - The Ditty Bops! Last year these ragtime inspired nymphs took their music on a cross-country tour by way of pedal pushing - logging over 4,500 miles riding from LA to NYC. Now if they can bike 4,500 miles for work, you should have no problem hopping on a bike for your commute.

The kick-off rally starts tomorrow, Monday May 14th, at 11:00 AM with a Health and Bike Fair featuring a chance to win a commuter bicycle from REI. The Ditty Bops performance will commence at noon. Don’t forget, if you take Metro to the event (or anywhere this week) with a bike or bike helmet, your ride is free! Make your pledge to bike to work!

From Zach Behrens, Co-Chair Public Safety of the Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council:

Hello All,

I just wanted to let you know about a Sherman Oaks Neighborhood Council meeting that is hosting Richard Katz, Member of the Board of Directors at Metro, to have an open dialogue and  “think session,” as he calls it, on the proposed Metro rate hikes.

Please spread the word for this important event that effects many seniors, students and others in Sherman Oaks and all over the city of Los Angeles.

Monday, May 14 @ 6:30 p.m.

Sherman Oaks Elementary School Auditorium
14755 Greenleaf St.
Sherman Oaks, CA 9140

In addition to Metro’s May 24 public hearing on possible fare increases, Metro will also make service sector meetings available for feedback. The times, dates and locations for these meetings are as follows: 

Business Advisory Council meeting: 8:30 a.m. Thursday, May 3, at Metro headquarters. It is accessible by Metro Red/Purple and Gold Lines, Rapid lines 740 and 745, express lines in the 400-499 series except 450 and 460, most local and limited-stop services to downtown Los Angeles; all Metrolink trains except Inland Empire/Orange County Line, Amtrak; FlyAway; Foothill Transit Silver Streak and lines 481, 493, 497, 498, 499 and 699; AVTA Line 785; LADOT DASH Downtown Line D and Lincoln Heights/Chinatown; Santa Clarita Transit lines 794 and 799; Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus Line 10; and Torrance Transit lines 1 and 2

Gateway: 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 at the Gas Company Building, 9240 Firestone Blvd., Downey. It is accessible by Metro Local lines 115/315, 127, 266; and DowneyLink lines Northeast, Southwest and Southeast.

San Fernando Valley: 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, at the Marvin Braude Constituent Center (Van Nuys City Hall), 6262 Van Nuys Boulevard, in Van Nuys. It is accessible by the Metro Orange Line, Rapid Line 761, Local lines 156, 164, 233 and 237; and LADOT DASH Panorama City-Van Nuys and Van Nuys-Studio City.

San Gabriel Valley: 5 p.m. Monday, May 14 at the Metro San Gabriel Valley Sector Office, 3369 Santa Anita Ave., El Monte. This is located at the El Monte Bus Center, which is served by Metro Express lines 484, 490 and 577X, and Local lines 70/370, 76/376, 170, 176, 267, 268, 270 and 287; Foothill Transit Express lines 480/481, 482, 486, 488, 492 and 494, and local lines 178 and 269; and El Monte Trolley Lines Yellow and Green and Metrolink Express Shuttle.

South Bay: 9:30 a.m. Friday, May 11 at the Carson Community Center, 801 Carson St., Carson. It is accessible by Metro Express lines 446/447, Torrance Transit Line 3 and all Carson Circuit buses.

Westside/Central: 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 at the La Cienega Tennis Center, 325 S. La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills. It is accessible by Metro Rapid lines 705 and 720, Express line 550, Limited line 305, and Metro local lines 20/21, 28/328 and 105.

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Metro holds its hearing to raise fares 9 a.m. today. It will be at the board room in the Headquarters Building, One Gateway Plaza, at Union Station.

Comments can also be made to fares@metro.net or via snail mail to:

Board Secretary
Attention: Fare Adjustments
One Gateway Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90012-2932

Transit access: Metro Red/Purple and Gold Lines, Rapid lines 740 and 745, express lines in the 400-499 series except 450 and 460, most local and limited-stop services to downtown Los Angeles; all Metrolink trains except Inland Empire/Orange County Line, Amtrak; FlyAway; Foothill Transit Silver Streak and lines 481, 493, 497, 498, 499 and 699; AVTA Line 785; LADOT DASH Downtown Line D and Lincoln Heights/Chinatown; Santa Clarita Transit lines 794 and 799; Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus Line 10; and Torrance Transit lines 1 and 2

Proposed Fare Modifications

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Several northeast Los Angeles organizations are sponsoring Lummis Day, celebrating the history and culture of the area and one of its most important residents, journalist and activist Charles Fletcher Lummis.

Today, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. see musical, artistic and other cultural displays. It is at Sycamore Grove Park, 4900 N. Figueroa St., in Highland Park. A poetry reading and tour of Arroyo Seco begins at 11 a.m. at the Lummis Home, 200 E. Avenue 43, also in Highland Park. Both events are near the Metro Gold Line, but if the walk is too far, take bus lines 81 or 83 to those locations.

Questions about the fund-raiser or event should be directed to Eliot Sekuler, who can be reached at (818) 535-9178 or via e-mail at lummisday@yahoo.com.

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Several northeast Los Angeles organizations are sponsoring Lummis Day, celebrating the history and culture of the area and one of its most important residents, journalist and activist Charles Fletcher Lummis.

A fund-raiser for the event, scheduled for Sunday, June 3, is set for 5:45 p.m. today at the Heritage Square Museum, 3800 Homer Street, Highland Park. It is also near the Metro Gold Line and lines 81 and 83. The $35 ticket ($40 at the door) includes museum admission and tour, music by Los Californios, poetry by Linda Albertano and a talk with farmer-writer Mark Thompson, as well as food and beverages. Payments can be made through PayPal.

Questions about the fund-raiser or event should be directed to Eliot Sekuler, who can be reached at (818) 535-9178 or via e-mail at lummisday@yahoo.com.