CicLAvia comes to Southeast L.A. on Sunday

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CicLAvia riders along Pacific Boulevard in Huntington Park on Sunday.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Ignacio Martinez, 6, center, gets a high five from CicLAvia volunteer Kazi Maimuna as sister Valeria, 9, left, mother Mariana and father Ignacio look on. The family is from Huntington Park and hoped to ride a couple of miles on Sunday.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Jose Molina, of Silver Lake, takes his Moluccan Cockatoo, named Ice Cream, for a ride.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Travis Gonzales, of Sherman Oaks, does wheelies during CicLAvia.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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CicLAvia riders near the start in Huntington Park.

(Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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A variety of characters and bikes are seen along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia bicycle festival on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Friends catch a ride, along with a couple dogs, along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Par kCicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Bikes and passersby become a blur along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Many people carried their dogs with them. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Bikes packed Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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All types of bikes filled Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Girls set to perform during CicLavia festivities walk past bicyclists along Pacific Blvd in Huntington Park on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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A young boy catches a ride along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park, during the latest CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Many people carried their dogs with them. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Many people carried their dogs with them. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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A variety of characters and bikes are seen along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia bicycle festival on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Many people carried their dogs with them. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Families took park in the latest CicLAvia bicycle festival on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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A variety of characters and bikes are seen along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia bicycle festival on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Bicyclists, walkers, runners, skaters and this guy make their way along Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Bikes packed Pacific Blvd. in Huntington Park during the latest CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

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Free hugs too at CicLAvia on Sunday. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

By Marc Olson

May 14, 2016 6 AM PT

Reporting from — 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.

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.

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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.

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