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By Sahra Sulaiman

10:13 AM PDT on August 7, 2024

QUAKE! Last night's earthquake near Bakersfield gave a lot of us a good jolt. Image: USGS

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)

Tonight’s 5.3 #earthquake as seen in real-time on the seismographs at @GriffithObserv! pic.twitter.com/o3atSNSSQ1
— BECOME THE QUEER THEY FEAR 🏳️‍🌈🚀 (@jaredhead) August 7, 2024

Jared Head captured the quake at the Griffith Observatory, where apparently they did not feel it.

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.

Law firm representingRicky Ramirez Jr says in a statement that Ricky and his friends were followed by unmarked car w/ tinted windows, not knowing it was a cop. Ricky got out, hands up, asking why they were being followed. That’s when Sgt. Pounds shot Ricky from the his car window https://t.co/kyUYAxJPbj pic.twitter.com/DblQpv8hDb
— Joey Scott (@joeyneverjoe) August 6, 2024

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Sahra Sulaiman

Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.

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