Thursday’s Headlines
Chinatown, Metro speed run, mid-city, Supervisor Barger, Pasadena, Long Beach, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
10:23 AM PDT on July 30, 2026
- LADOT Work Underway Installing Bike/Walk Upgrades On Spring/Alameda (Urbanize)
- Give Input Via LADOT Spring/Alameda Survey
- All Metro Lines/Stations Speed Run In 7 Hours 50 Minutes (David Jiang YouTube)
- 46-Story Tower Planned Near La Brea/Wilshire Station (Urbanize)
- Barger Pledges Metro Transit Policing (SCV News)
- Bike Shop Owner’s Journey From From El Salvador To Pasadena (Colorado Blvd)
- LB Evaluates How To Memorialize People Killed By Traffic Violence (Watchdog)
- Carnage: Driver Kills Koreatown Pedestrian (L.A. Local, KCAL)
- Deadly Crash On 60 Freeway In Riverside (KCAL)
- LAPD Seek Hit-and-Run Driver Who Injured Silver Lake Pedestrian (Eastsider)
- WeHo Driver Crashes Into Melrose Place Median, Again (WeHo Online)
- Relentless Extreme Heat In So Cal Forecast (KHTS, KTLA, SCV News)
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