Friday’s Headlines
Metro fares, A Line construction, D Line construction, Culver City, Alhambra, South Pasadena, Long Beach, DTLA, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
9:25 AM PDT on May 29, 2026
- Metro Launches Credit Card Fare Payment (KTLA)
- Construction Authority Awards Pomona to Claremont A Line Contract (SGV Trib)
- More On Metro NoHo-Pasadena Groundbreaking (Urbanize)
- Metro D Line Construction Continues Westward (Beverly Press)
- Culver City Council Sets Interim SB79 Standards (CC Crossroads)
- More On May Metro Board Actions:
- Metro Approves Nearly $10B Budget (Daily News, 2UrbanGirls)
- Mayor Bass Is Metro Board Chair Starting July (Spectrum1, Westside Current)
- Alhambra Installs Its First Ever Speed Humps (Around Alhambra)
- South Pas Considers Roundabouts, Transit-Oriented Housing (So Pasadenan)
- Boyle Heights Residents Get Lots Of Parking Tickets (KCAL)
- Metro E Line Train Kills Pedestrian Near La Brea Station (2UrbanGirls)
- 73-Unit Affordable Housing Breaks Ground In East LB (LB Post)
- New Dolores Huerta Mural In DTLA (Downtown News)
- Altadena Golden Poppy Bike Ride This Sunday (So Pasadenan)
- Carnage: Driver Crashes Into Marina Del Marriot (Westside Current)
- Drivers Kill Two So Cal Mountain Lions (KABC, Daily News)
- Pasadena Transit Free On June 2 Election Day (Pasadena Now)
- How To Take Transit To World Cup Games/Screenings (LAist)
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