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Aerials of the period when the state bought up land through eminent domain for the 710 Freeway. Caltrans pushed out more than 4,000 residents and destroyed more than 1,500 homes. Image: city of Pasadena

Pasadena Makes Progress on Getting Local Control Over State Route 710 Stub

By Kristopher Fortin | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

From 1965-1974, when the state started buying up land through eminent domain for and pushing out residents, more than 4,000 residents were displaced and and more than 1,500 homes were destroyed.

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 21, 2022 | No Comments

CA High-Speed Rail Authority Approves Burbank-L.A. Segment Plans (Daily News)
…CAHSR’s $4 Billion Impasse (LAT)
Garcetti Staffer Called Black Lives Matter “Annoying” (VICE, 2UrbanGirls)
Carnage: LAPD Offers Rewards In 3 Jefferson Park Hit-and-Run Crashes (LAT)
Newsom Visits L.A. Cargo Train Derailment Site, Pledges Help (ABC7, Daily News)
Large Development Moving Forward By Expo La Cienega Station (Urbanize)
Downtown Pasadena Parking Garage Transforming Into Condos (Urbanize)
More On $28M Infra Money For L.A. River Revitalization (Urbanize)
After Federal Guilty Plea, Englander Faces City Ethics Charges (LAT)

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Metro Transit Operations In Crisis, Staff Recommends 10+ Percent Temporary Service Cut

By Joe Linton | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

The Metro board faces a choose your poison dilemma: bus service cancellations (unreliable spontaneous cuts) vs. officially reducing bus service (somewhat reliable planned cuts.)

Emeryville Mayor and bike rider John Bauters

Emeryville Mayor John Bauters Interview: What Can a Mayor Do to Make a City More Livable?

By Melanie Curry | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

Emeryville Mayor John Bauters, out to share the joy of bicycling, has some thoughts on the matter

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 20, 2022 | No Comments

Alissa Walker: Metro Ran/Ended the Biggest Free Transit Experiment in the U.S. (Curbed)
Metro Compiles Its 2028 Olympics Wish List (Urbanize)
How Gentrification Is Harming Black L.A. (Capital & Main)
Union Pacific Laid Off Security Workers Before Package Theft Derailment Debacle (L.A. Taco)
Carnage: During El Monte Arrest, Driver Crashes Into And Kills Man (SGV Tribune)
…Driver Dies In Jurupa Valley Crash Careening Off 60 Freeway (Daily Bulletin)
…Mother and Daughter Killed In Jan 6 Norwalk Crash (Norwalk Patriot)
Caltrans To Host Meeting On Proposed SR-138 Bike Lanes In Palmdale (AV Times)
6-Story, 38-Unit, 20-Parking Space Development Proposed In Westlake (Urbanize)
L.A. River Restoration Receiving $26M In Federal Infrastructure Funding (Spectrum)
High-Speed Rail Concerns In Burbank (LAT, Outlook)
Feds Reject Portland Oregon Highway Expansion (No More Freeways PDX)

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Venice and Hollywood Piloting Expanded Unarmed Response to Non-Emergency Incidents Involving Unhoused Angelenos

By Damien Newton | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

In pilot areas - Venice and Hollywood - CIRCLE response teams are responding to 911 calls regarding unhoused individuals - including wellbeing checks, loitering, indecent exposure, noise disturbances, and needle disposal

Three Recalls Rejected on the Westside

By Damien Newton | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

It's common to have a high rate of rejected signatures when the person collecting them is paid per signature gathered, regardless of whether the signatures are ultimately found to be valid

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Jan 19, 2022 | No Comments

Bonin Recall Fails To Qualify For Ballot Due To Invalid Signatures (LAT, Biking in L.A., L.A. Magazine)
Metro Looks To Study Alameda Esplanade Gap Closure (Urbanize)
Man Charged With Murder In Union Station Bus Stop Attack (LAT)
Littered Lincoln Heights Derailment Site Re-Opens (SGV Tribune)
Carnage: Driver Arrested In Fatal Car Crash On Mount Baldy Road (SGV Tribune)
…Driver Strikes, Kills Man In Long Beach Alleyway (LB Post)
…Driver Who Killed Two People, Using Tesla Autopilot, Charged With Manslaughter (LAT, Guardian, Daily News)
42-Story Apartment Tower Replacing DTLA Parking Lot (Urbanize)