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Rail to Rail path, camera enforcement, air taxis, housing, Angels Flight, street vendors, WeHo, heat wave, car-nage, and more

By Joe Linton

10:33 AM PDT on May 19, 2025

Metro Rail to Rail walk/bike path ribbon cutting. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Rail-To-Rail Path Is Open (Insta: SBLA, Holly Mitchell)
Speed Cameras Are Coming to L.A. City (KTLA)
Culver City Bus Lane Enforcement Camera Warning Period Over (Observer)
Torched Deflates Air Taxi Hype
L.A. Planting Trees To Replace Ones Cut Down (KABC)
L.A. Podcast Talks Housing With Laura Raymond
Construction Underway On 95-Unit Supportive/Affordable Housing By Wilshire/Vermont (Urbanize)
12-Story Housing Complex Planned At La Cienega Station (Urbanize)
Angels Flight Raising Fare From $1 to $1.50 (LAT)
Tariffs Impacting Street Vendors (Public Press)
WeHo Bike Coalition To Host Pride Ride (WeHo Times)
Carnage: Driver Kills Pedestrian In Long Beach (LB Post, KABC)
- Person Killed, Four Hospitalized In Fontana Car-Tree Crash (KTLA)
- Seven People Injured In Multi-Car PD-Involved Crash In South L.A. (KCAL)
- San Bernardino DUI Driver Injures Seven People (KTLA)
- Driver Injured Crashing Into Santa Clarita Hydrant and Pole (KABC)
- Apparent DUI Crashes Into Santa Clarita Home Wall (SC Signal, KHTS)
- Driver Crashes Into San Marino Fire Hydrant (SM Tribune)
- Apparent Street Racing Crash Sends Driver Off Mulholland Hillside (KTLA)
State Bill SB 79 Would Permit Denser Housing Near Transit (LAist)
Triple Digit Heat Coming To Much Of L.A. This Week (LAT, Pasadena Now, KTLA)

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