Wednesday’s Headlines

• QUAKE! Biggest SoCal quake in three years packed a major punch across L.A. region. Here’s why (LAT): More than 50 aftershocks rattle SoCal (NBC); Massive boulder lands on freeway (KTLA) and Metro trains were slowed as a precaution (Metro Los Angeles twitter)

• Check out progress on the Foothill Gold Line extension (Urbanize LA)
• Fired Metro security official Gina Osborn sues Metro for retaliation (KNX); ‘This bus just got hijacked’ Fight to make L.A. transit safer embroiled in infighting, lawsuit says (LAT)
• Reduce Transportation Emissions through Land-Use Policy and Investments says Yonah Freemark (Urban Institute)
• Despite the Risks, Pennsylvania Races Into the Carbon Capture Era (Capital & Main)
• Pedestrian killed in crash on WB 105 Freeway in Hawthorne (KTLA)
• Huge LA County government reform will be on your fall ballot. How will you vote? (LA Public Press)
• Culver City to implement new safety procedures – including metal detectors – for council meetings (DailyNews)
• ‘Bubble zones’ proposed to keep back protesters at abortion clinics and synagogues in L.A. (LAT)
• Why did LA take the ‘right’ out of the city’s plans for a renter’s ‘right to counsel’ in eviction court? (LAist)
• El Monte Legion Stadium was a mecca for rock ‘n’ roll in the ’50s for SoCal teens (Pasadena Star News)
• As the Paris Olympics wind down, Los Angeles swings into planning for 2028 (AP)
• Parking lot road rage fight leads to man’s death in West Hollywood (NBC)
• You may soon be able to (legally) smoke marijuana at public events in Long Beach (KCAL)
• 3rd annual Nikkei Celebration honors the Japanese history of Boyle Heights (Boyle Heights Beat)
• Chicago: ‘They grabbed me like I was a doll’: Day laborers say they are being beaten and targeted outside Home Depot by off-duty Chicago police working security (City Bureau)
• Family’s attorney speaks out after LAPD sergeant followed and killed unarmed teen. LAPD had originally described the teen and his friend as shooting suspects; later they said the teens were wearing masks. The family’s attorney says none of that is true. (KCAL) They’re announcing their lawsuit later this morning.

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