Cartoon Tuesday: The Elegant Simplicity of the Free Market

By Aaron Naparstek
Jul 29, 2008

Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling. Click through to view the comic in its entirety.

ALSO ON STREETSBLOG

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Apr 12, 2021

L.A. County COVID Cases And Deaths Continue To Decline (LAT) LAT Editorial: Keep Slow Streets And Outdoor Dining After Pandemic Metro Slowly Adding Back Some Cut Bus Service Starting Today (The Source) Las Vegas PD Cuff Deaf Black Woman To Stop Her From Signing ASL (@sahra Twitter) LAPD Rejecting Protestor Complaints (LAist, LAT) More On […]

Mrs. Will Bruce (left) with her daughter-in-law Meda (center) and her sister - near Bruce's Lodge in Manhattan Beach, ca 1920s . Photo via Living the California Dream by Alison Rose Jefferson, courtesy California African American Museum

L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners

By Joe Linton and Sahra Sulaiman | Apr 9, 2021

"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."

Metro NextGen Bus Study service reorganization is underway, but off to a shaky start

Metro NextGen Bus Reorganization: Changes and Challenges

By Dana Gabbard | Apr 9, 2021

Riders have expressed concerns - but NextGen bus service changes are proceeding and could help reverse declining transit ridership trends

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Apr 9, 2021

Metro Board Appoints Stephanie Wiggins As CEO (Daily News, LAT, The Source) Environmental Lawsuit Blocks Sprawling Tejon Ranch Development (LAT, Center for Biological Diversity) COVID Variants Spreading In L.A. (LAT) Justice L.A. Coalition Keeps Racking Up Abolitionist Victories (Guardian) Metro’s Regional Connector Subway Explained (RMTransit YouTube) Metro Re-Opening Stations Portals Closed Under COVID (The Source) […]

Foothill Transit is looking to deploy 20 fuel cell buses and fueling infrastructure on Foothill Transit Line 486. Image: Foothill Transit

SGV Roundup: Foothill Transit Fuel Cell Bus Line, Baldwin Park Downtown Beautification Project, San Gabriel Crosswalk Upgrades

By Kristopher Fortin | Apr 8, 2021

Foothill Transit and its partners vaccinate more than 1,300 people during its March 13 pop up COVID-19 vaccine clinic at the Foothill Transit Covina Transit Center. The next pop-up clinic will take place on April 17.

Metro hosted the first meeting of its Public Safety Advisory Committee yesterday - screengrab via Zoom

Metro Hosts First Public Safety Advisory Committee Meeting

By Joe Linton | Apr 8, 2021

Last night's introductory PSAC meeting included remarks by Phil Washington, Judy Gerhardt, KeAndra Cylear Dodds, and Aaron Weinstein - and introduced PSAC members, and facilitators David France and Tamika Butler