Tuesday’s Headlines
Record heat, Santa Monica, LAX people mover, Culver City, westside bus lanes, K Line, Griffith Park, MacArthur Park, car-nage and more.
By
Joe Linton
9:50 AM PDT on March 17, 2026
- Heat Wave Breaking Records – More Heat Forecast (LAT, LAist, KTLA, KCAL, NBC4)
- Santa Monica To Begin Bike Lane Camera Enforcement (SaMo Next)
- Memo: LAX People Mover Expected Open August 2026 (Reddit, @awalkerinla Bluesky)
- Culver City Picked Brighter Green for Bike Lanes (Bubba Fish Instagram)
- 22-Minute Explainer On Metro Not Enforcing Fares (Alex Davis YouTube)
- Westside Cities COG Planning 25 Miles Of Quick Build Bus Lanes (@lintonjoe Bluesky)
- Jarrett Walker Critiques Squiggly K Line North (Reddit)
- Griffith Park Bike Project Installation Progress (@streetsblogla Bluesky)
- L.A. City Approves MacArthur Park Station High-Rise (Urbanize)
- 490-Apt 266-Parking Mixes Use Proposed in Palms, Next to Culver City Station (Urbanize)
- Rio Hondo College Plans On-Campus Affordable Housing (Urbanize)
- Carnage: East L.A. Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian (KTLA, KCAL)
- Willowbrook Driver Dies Crashing Into Median (KCAL)
- One Dead, 2 Severely Injured In 3-Car Lake Elsinore Crash (KCAL)
- Several People Injured in Malibu PCH Crash (Canyon News)
- Gov Candidates Mahan & Villaraigosa Support CA Gas Tax Pause (LAT)
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