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Biden Administration seeks accountability, solutions to rising transit worker...
In response to exponential increases in assaults on public transit workers, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued a directive on Wednesday, Dec. 20, requiring urban transportation agencies to...
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Rose Parade 2024: Locally funded. No corporate sponsors. Meet the six...
What makes the six self-built floats of the 2024 Rose Parade, err, different from the rest? Well, there are no corporate sponsors. This classification means these floats are financed, constructed and...
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Rose Parade 2024: Churches near parade route offer cheap parking, tickets and...
Far from the glitter of rooftop viewing parties and pricey, grandstand seats, a few churches in Pasadena along the eastern end of the 2024 Rose Parade route are extending a helping hand to parade goers...
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Transit firsts in 2023: 10 Freeway closure, 405 toll lanes open, new Metro...
From a major freeway shutdown to the opening of carpool lanes and two new passenger rail lines, the transportation picture in Southern California saw some notable changes in 2023. Since 21 million...
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Rose Parade 2024: Grand Marshal Audra McDonald, opera star, actor, rides high...
Opera singer and six-time Tony Award winner, Audra McDonald, the grand marshal of the 135th Rose Parade, strolled out of the parade’s headquarters house on Monday, Jan. 1, quickly entering the open car...
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Snowpack levels leave experts unsure of wet winter for Southern California
Sean de Guzman, right, snow survey manager at the California Department of Water Resources, conducts the first snow survey of the season with his team at Phillips Station, Calif., on Tuesday, Jan. 2,...
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$1 billion secured for Inglewood people mover to SoFi Stadium, Clippers arena
Inglewood is $1 billion closer to building a 1.6-mile automated people mover connecting the Metro K Line to the Kia Forum, SoFi Stadium and the Los Angeles Clippers’ soon-to-be-completed Intuit Dome....
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LA County supervisors want Congress to fix broken suicide and crisis hotline
Individuals who are contemplating suicide or suffering other kinds of emotional distress who call the 988 national hotline number may not be getting the help they need. That’s because a technical snafu...
View Article8 probation officers placed on leave after ‘significant incident’ at LA...
The Los Angeles County Probation Department has placed eight probation officers on leave for allegedly not stopping a group of juveniles from beating a teen at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in December....
View ArticleLA County installs razor wire, body scanners at juvenile hall to keep kids in...
The Los Angeles County Probation Department has installed razor wire along the walls of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall and plans to set up full airport-style body scanners within the next month to prevent...
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On 30th anniversary of Northridge quake, many recall life-changing moments
Jean O’Sullivan’s initial memory of the Northridge earthquake exactly 30 years ago came in mid-air — a few feet above her bed — where she was awakened to the sound of her own screams. Minutes later,...
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Western Monarch butterfly wintering population is down in California but steady
After two consecutive years of increases, the population of Western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast dropped by 30% in late 2023, according to numbers released on Tuesday, Jan....
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People movers to LAX, Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium face new delays
Two separate automated transit systems slated to whisk riders to LAX and to SoFi Stadium in Inglewood now face delays that could push each of their openings out by more than a year. Both projects plan...
View ArticleProsecutors sue George Gascón to get records of controversial DA hires
The union representing Los Angeles County prosecutors is suing District Attorney George Gascón, alleging his office has refused to turn over public records related to controversial hires and the...
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Months after 10 Freeway fire, danger still lurks beneath transit routes,...
The state fire marshal has identified 15 sites leased by Caltrans along and under Los Angeles’ freeways with fire risks that could lead to another destructive blaze similar to the one that damaged the...
View ArticleLos Padrinos Juvenile Hall faces possible shutdown just months after reopening
State regulators will decide Feb. 15 whether to shut down the newly reopened Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, potentially leaving Los Angeles County with hundreds of detained juveniles and no suitable...
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Veterans find solace in San Gabriel Mountains National monument, lobby for...
Iraq War veteran Steve Dunwoody was hiking in the San Gabriel Mountains when he asked his hiking buddy and fellow veteran for a one-word description of his experience. “‘Serenity,’ he said, as he...
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Western Monarch butterfly wintering population is down in California but steady
After two consecutive years of increases, the population of Western monarch butterflies wintering along the California coast dropped by 30% in late 2023, according to numbers released on Tuesday, Jan....
View ArticleState orders shutdown of LA County’s two largest juvenile facilities
A state regulatory board has ordered Los Angeles County to shut down its two largest juvenile facilities in the next 60 days over substandard conditions, setting the stage for a potential nightmare...
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Gondola project from Union Station to Dodger Stadium gets first approval from...
Jonathan Parfrey, executive director of Climate Resolve, speaks in favor of Frank McCourt’s Dodger Stadium gondola project during the Los Angeles Metro Board meeting’s public comment on Thursday, Feb....
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