Skip to Content

Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

8:27 AM PDT on August 21, 2019

Former L.A. Planning Chief LoGrande Was Being Paid By City While Lobbying (LAT)
East L.A. Medians Getting Makeover For Walkability And Rainwater (Eastsider)
Harris-Dawson Proposes Street/Development Standards For Crenshaw (Urbanize)
Metrolink Train Fatally Strikes Woman On Tracks In Sylmar (ABC7)
Santa Monica To Subsidize Rent For Seniors (LAist)
Alaska Records Hottest Month Ever (LAT)...Green Glaciers Are Melting (LAT)
Gov Newsom Calls Trump Emissions Push Pathetic (LAT)
Planned 101 Freeway Bridge For Wildlife (USAToday, CBS)

Get National Headlines At Streetsblog USA, State Headlines At Streetsblog CA

Joe Linton is an editor at Streetsblog Los Angeles

Stay in touch

Sign up for our free newsletter

More from Streetsblog Los Angeles

Metro Plans to Spend Nearly $900M Expanding Freeways Next Year, a 40 Percent Increase

Metro expects to spend $887.1 million on widening the 5, 57/60, 91, 105, and 405 Freeways, and planning for Metro widening of the 5, 14, 71, 605, and other freeways

March 20, 2026

Today's Headlines

Friday’s Headlines

ICE, record heat, Vermont Ave., Metro gaslights, Long Beach circles, Metro cyber attack, Alhambra, and more.

March 20, 2026

Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines

Heat wave, bus lanes, Pasadena, LAPD, Monrovia, stadium shuttle, Inglewood, car-nage, and more

March 19, 2026

Metro Committee Again Sides with Nimbys, Postpones Key North K Line Rail Decision

K Line delay empowers anti-rail voices opposed to Metro tunneling far deep beneath homes

March 18, 2026

Today's Headlines

Wednesday’s Headlines

ICE, record heat, WeHo, Metro, World Cup, gas prices, speed cameras, San Gabriel River path, Long Beach, car-nage and more

March 18, 2026

Pasadena Seeks Input for Transit Service Overhaul

Several lines could be condensed on the north side of town, a new line is proposed from Huntington Hospital to JPL, and Dial-A-Ride could give same day service.

Chris Greenspon

March 17, 2026