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ICE terror, LAPD, density, Metro ridership, CicLAvia, gondola, carnage, and more

By Joe Linton

9:04 AM PDT on August 20, 2025

CicLAvia Culver City meets Venice - photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

ICE Attack Continues (L.A. Taco)
- ICE Kidnapping In Cypress Park (BH Beat)
“Nobody Wants To Call LAPD Any More” Outrage Over LAPD Shooting (LAT)
Split L.A. Council Opposes CA Density-Near-Transit Bill (LAT, LAist)
Metro Ridership Still Slightly Down, Because ICE (LAT)
More On Last Sunday’s CicLAvia (CC Crossroads)
More On WeHo Lowering Speed Limits (LAist)
Chinatown Residents Oppose Pro-Gondola Legislation (Public Press)
- LAist Reviews Dodger Gondola Timeline
Carnage: New Details In Deadly Anaheim Hit-and-Run (KCAL)
- Four People Injured In Lakeview Terrace Freeway Crash (KCAL)
- Deadly Adelanto Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested (KTLA)
- Suspect Pleads Not Guilty To Both Deadly Acton Hit-and-Run and Witness Threatening (SC Signal)
So Cal Facing Extreme Heat, Fire Risk (LAT, LAist, KTLA, KCAL)

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