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LAX rental car center, Traci Park, Merced Greenway, Metro operations, car-nage and more

By Joe Linton and Damien Newton

10:53 AM PDT on March 13, 2026

LAX People Mover photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

LAX Opens Rental Car Center (Daily News, Westside Current)
Councilmember Traci Park’s Olympic Parking Lot (Torched)
LEJ_explains Video Explores El Monte Merced Greenway
For Women’s History Month, Metro Profiles Daniela Amores Operations Engineering (The Source)
Deadly Hit and Run Driver Set to Confess in Long Beach (LB Post)
Carnage: Motorcyclist Killed In Beverly Hills Crash (Canyon News)
Smog President Sues CA Over Emissions Rules (NYT, ABC7)
Controller Says LA $200 Million Over Budget (Daily News)
Global Warming: SoCal Braces for Record-Breaking Heats (LAT)
Gas Prices Causing Drivers To Consider Going Electric (SMDP)

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