Thursday’s Headlines
Cesar Rodriguez LBPD settlement, sidewalks, Men's World Cup soccer, Eastside E Line extension, Metrolink, Long Beach, Beverly Hills, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
10:40 AM PDT on June 11, 2026
- Mother Settles Lawsuit For $1M Over Son Cesar Rodriguez Being Crushed To Death By Metro Train During LBPD Fare Enforcement (LB Post)
- Construction To Begin On LB Orange Avenue Bikeway This Year (LB Post)
- South L.A.’s Damaged Sidewalks Are Awful (LAT 404 video)
- BH Beat Previews Eastside Metro E Line Extension Project
- Person Injured When Driver Rear-Ended Metro Train In DTLB (LB Post)
- Metrolink Launches Contactless Payment Pilot (Spectrum1)
- L.A. Plans To Install 8-Foot Fence Around MacArthur Park (L.A. Local)
- Beverly Hills Adopts SB79 Plan (Beverly Press)
- 230-Apartment Mixed-Use Opens Near Wilshire/Western Station (Urbanize)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Irvine Pedestrian (KTLA)
- $200M Awarded In Grossman/Erickson Car Racing Killings (KTLA)
- Election Recaps: Voters Largely Supported City Hall Status Quo (LAT, MV Voice)
- Beverly Hills Council Election Wraps (Beverly Press)
- Men’s World Cup Soccer Kicks Off Today In Mexico (Al Jazeera, KTLA)
- L.A. SoFi Stadium Hosts 8 World Cup Matches, Starting Tomorrow (LAist)
- How World Cup Is Impacting Inglewood and South L.A. (L.A. Local)
- World Cup Tourism Not Meeting Expectations (LAist)
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