This Sunday, families, neighbors, and advocates of the Elysian Valley area will host a public vigil to honor the life of Christian Vega, a 17 year-old senior at Sotomayor High School who died after being struck by a driver on Riverside Drive last month.

All are welcome. Please join us in calling for safe streets and an end to the preventable deaths of people walking in Los Angeles. Simple changes can save lives, if only decision-makers and constituents agreed that this is their priority.

Meet on basketball court adjacent to Dickerson Employee Benefits.

Elysian Valley honors the life of Christian Vega.

On February 27, 17-year old Christina Vega was struck and killed by a woman driving a 2012 Toyota Camry while in a crosswalk at the intersection of Riverside Drive and Newell Street.

In Los Angeles, 587 people lost their lives to traffic violence in the past three years; 64 of them in just the first six months of 2018. Traffic deaths and injuries are sudden, violent, and traumatic events. Their impacts are long-lasting and permanent. What's more, traffic fatalities and serious injuries are preventable.