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Vermont Avenue Transit Corridor project, bus service changes, Metro police, violent traffic stop, Pasadena, Hollywood, car-nage, and more

By Joe Linton

9:41 AM PST on December 3, 2024

Metro bus. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Metro To Add Bus-Only Lanes To Transit-Rider-Busy Vermont Avenue (Daily News)
The Source Recaps Metro’s Planned December 15 Service Changes
- Two Metro Bus Lines Shifting To Pasadena Transit (Pasadena Now)
- Big Blue Bus Making Service Changes Same Day
Riders, Advocates Skeptical of Proposed In-House Metro Police Force (SMDP)
$400K Settlement In Violent Sheriff Deputy Valencia Traffic Stop (SC Signal)
Pasadena Opens Electric Car Charging Stations (Pasadena Now)
213-Apartment 25-Parking Affordable Housing Approved In Hollywood (Urbanize)
12-Apartment 0-Parking Mixed-Use Planned Near Beverly Center (Urbanize)
Carnage: Driver Crashes Into Woodland Hills Animal Hospital, Injuring Two People (KABC, Daily News)
- Motorcyclist Killed In Culver City Car Crash (CC Crossroads)
- Driver Crashes Head-On Into Metro Bus In Rancho Park (KTLA)
- Ventura Hit-and-Run Driver Flees After Getting Out To Look At Downed Cyclist (KTLA, Biking in L.A.)
- Drivers Injure Two Pedestrians On 5 Freeway In Newhall (SC Signal)
- Car Catches Fire In Newhall Crash (SC Signal)
L.A. Looks To Solve Housing and Parks Shortages Together (NextCity)

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