It's Election Day! Today until 8 p.m. is the countywide primary election that will decide numerous races, including L.A.'s next mayor, and lots of other elected officials that will shape the Los Angeles region, for better or worse. If you haven't already voted, please get out and vote, then come back and read the rest of the news briefs below.
L.A.'s clandestine Crosswalk Collective has struck again. This time, new crosswalks have appeared at the intersection of Hawthorn Avenue and Vista Street, right in front of Gardner Elementary School. One hint that the city hasn't quite made this intersection safe is the presence of that highway style crash barrier installed to keep inattentive drivers from colliding with the school.
The city's permanent slow streets program seems to be installing just enough to look busy, while avoiding any features that would actually prevent cars from speeding down neighborhood streets (which the city is reluctant to do except where it will keep the riffraff out of well-off white neighborhoods).
Brightline West will be a 218-mile 186-mile-per-hour rail line from Vegas to Rancho Cucamonga - about 40 miles east of downtown L.A. - expected to open in 2028