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More than 200 South L.A. residents participate in a free Zumba class at the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza. (Photo by Molly Gray.)
If you take a walk along the streets of South Los Angeles you could go miles without ever encountering a public park … or even more rare, an athletic facility.
In fact, if you type the word “gym” into Google Maps, only about half a dozen dots pop up in the 20 square miles between the 405, 10, 710 and 105 freeways.
This lack of fitness space is bad. Especially if you consider that South Los Angeles has higher rates of obesity than anywhere else in the city. [Read more…]