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CicLAvia Comes to Southeast L.A. for First Time Sunday; Road Closures in Effect

In a first for Southeast Los Angeles, the popular bicycle festival known as CicLAvia will close streets to cars and open them for cyclists, walkers and skaters from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Cyclists make their way down Lankershim Boulevard Sunday in the first-ever CicLAvia in the San Fernando Valley. (Credit: Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times)

Streets in Huntington Park, Walnut Park, South Gate, Florence-Firestone, Lynwood and Watts are included in the festival, which encourages people to do without their cars for a day and rediscover their community on other wheels — or none at all.

CicLAvia is held in different locations throughout the year; the last one drew thousands of participants March 5 in the San Fernando Valley. The CicLAvia website calls it the nation’s largest open streets event.

Sunday’s forecast calls for partly cloudy skies but no rain, and a high temperature in the low 70s. Southwest winds will reach about 11 mph.

Click here to read the full story on LAtimes.com. 

Click here to see the full list of street closures. 

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