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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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