SoundsLA is KCRW’s ongoing series of audio postcards that start with a sound found in and around Los Angeles.

The City of Los Angeles launched a new public platform for exploring, visualizing, and downloading location-based open data.

Metro has released a new toolkit and resources designed to be used by community member, civic leaders, and advocates to reimagine and reinvent public spaces.

Did you know? Immigrant workers are an entrepreneurial force - they are more likely to be self-employed than US-born workers AND more likely to be employed in general. Check out the Pew Research Center report to learn more!

Have you been following the #LAStreetVendors movement? According to the East LA Community Corporation's (ELACC) report, Sidewalk Stimulus, LA street vendors support more than 5,000 jobs in LA.

The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Foundation’s report explains that conditions are improving though there are strides that need to be taken to revive the area's ecosystem.

How will technology impact and improve transportation in LA and how can we prepare for this future? Read the report produced by a partnership between LADOT, the Mayor's Fund of Los Angeles and the Goldhirsh Foundation.

Want to make a difference in your community? Check out this amazing list of 101 small ways you can improve LA and take action now!

You can use Metro's new bike share to explore downtown LA! Angel City Brewery's put together a DIY bike tour of DTLA to help you ride to some of the city's cultural and culinary landmarks.

How do we reimagine safety and security in our communities? The Freedom to Thrive Report looks at how cities can reconcile policing and social justice.

LA has lots of challenges in need of solutions, and we enjoyed LA Weekly's article breaking down 20 ways to fix Los Angeles.

Stand with the LA Vision Zero Alliance and SoCal Families for Safe Streets, all victims of traffic violence and their families. Take the pledge for safe streets in Los Angeles.

Radical Optimism is a conversation series seeking to understand how creative and innovative voices navigate our changing city. Last year, this series tackled our local food culture, manufacturing, density, and more. Now they're ramping up for 2018 and want to hear from you!

Private sector transportation innovators with ideas to speed up LA Metro projects through a public-private partnership can submit unsolicited proposals.

RACE COUNTS is a new initiative by the Advancement Project that will examine racial disparities in all 58 California counties by seven key issues. This data that will support community leaders, frame local debates around racial inequity, and create conversation around our local inequities.

Lend your voice to a new effort to invest in LA's youth. Boyle Heights Building Healthy Communities is calling for LA City to create a Department of Youth Development and to invest 1% of public safety dollars in youth programs. You can help their #IAmPossible campaign by signing their petition to the LA City Council.