Tuesday’s Headlines
MacArthur Park, World Cup, Wishire Blvd, Metrolink, Watts, 5 Freeway widening, and more
By
Joe Linton
9:22 AM PDT on March 11, 2025
- Evicting Vendors, Fencing Off Sidewalks Fixed MacArthur Park? (LAT, KTLA, NBC4)
- What’s L.A.’s Plan For the 2026 World Cup? (Torched)
- Metro Subway Construction Closing Wilshire For 3 Weeks (The Source)
- Metrolink Train Hits, Kills Two Peds In Lake Balboa Area (KTLA, KTLA)
- 134-Unit Affordable Mixed Use Planned In Watts (Urbanize)
- Rally Links Fire Damage, Climate, and Fossil Fuels (Pasadena Now)
- Carnage: PD Seeks San Pedro Hit-and-Run Driver Who Left Ped Near Death (KCAL)
- OCTA and Caltrans Making Plans To Widen The 5 Freeway Again
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