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    Feeding unhoused Angelenos via 2 wheels: Meet Koreatown’s Bicycle Meals

    Since August 2020, the mutual aid group Bicycle Meals has been delivering bags of sandwiches, fruit, snacks, masks, and hand sanitizer to unhoused residents of Koreatown.

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    Person smiling broadly wearing glasses and plaid shirt against ivy-covered wall background.By Steve Chiotakis • Jun 28, 2021 • 25m Listen

    Since August 2020, the mutual aid group Bicycle Meals has been delivering bags of sandwiches, fruit, snacks, masks, and hand sanitizer to unhoused residents of Koreatown. But now volunteers are back to work as the economy reopens, and they can’t donate so much time preparing meals and pedaling them to those in need. Also, the venture is largely self-funded, and contributions from local businesses aren’t constant. So how will the organization pivot post-pandemic?

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      Bicycle Meals: Koreatown-based volunteers deliver food to unhoused Angelenos, but can they keep it up?

      Since August 2020, the mutual aid group Bicycle Meals has been delivering bags of sandwiches, fruit, snacks, masks, and hand sanitizer to unhoused residents of Koreatown.

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      Not an easy race, but not a climber’s race: OC’s Coryn Rivera to climb Mt. Fuji in Tokyo Olympics

      Orange County resident Coryn Rivera will represent America in the Tokyo 2021 Olympics this summer, after placing 12th in La Course by Le Tour de France last weekend.

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      Anaheim is ready to sell Angel Stadium. But it might’ve violated laws in the process, says a state agency

      A state agency has a bone to pick with the city of Anaheim. The California Department of Housing and Community Development says city officials may have violated state laws when they agreed to sell Angel Stadium in 2019.

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    3 stories
    1. 0:008 min

      Bicycle Meals: Koreatown-based volunteers deliver food to unhoused Angelenos, but can they keep it up?

    2. 8:1810 min

      Not an easy race, but not a climber’s race: OC’s Coryn Rivera to climb Mt. Fuji in Tokyo Olympics

    3. 18:117 min

      Anaheim is ready to sell Angel Stadium. But it might’ve violated laws in the process, says a state agency

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