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ICE terror escalating, Vision Zero failing, gondola, Olympics, Metro water taxi, NIMBYs vs. housing, car-nage and more

By Joe Linton

8:39 AM PST on December 5, 2025

Stop the Gondola protestors disrupting yesterday's Metro board meeting

So. Cal ICE Terror Escalating (L.A. Taco)
- Communities Urge Home Depot Boycott, Against ICE Cooperation (SFV Sun)
- ICE Terror Impacting LAUSD Enrollment (KABC)
- Long Beach Won’t Prosecute ‘No Sleep for ICE’ Protestors (LB Post)
L.A.’s Vision Zero Failure (Washington Post, excerpts Biking in L.A.)
Anti-Gondola Protest Disrupts Metro Board Meeting (@lintonjoe, @stopthegondola)
- Metro Approves Gondola Again (Public Press, LAT, NBC4)
Coalition Protests Olympics Putting Angelenos At Risk (Torched)
Metro Advancing Proposed Water Taxi (LAist, Random Lengths)
Many Oppose Affordable 5-Story La Crescenta Apartments (GNP)
- Barger: Shrink Crescenta Affordable Project (CV Weekly)
Many Oppose Glendale Allowing Converting City Parking Lots To Housing (CV Weekly1, CV Weekly2)
Carnage: Driver Killed In PCH Crash Near Ventura County Border (KABC)
- Santa Clarita Crash Sends Cyclist To Hospital (SC Signal)
- Speeding Driver Crashes Into Gardena Restaurant (KTLA)
- Driver Crashes Into OC Salon (NBC4)

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