Wednesday’s Headlines
Metro unhoused count, ICE, shade, ULA, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
7:20 AM PDT on August 5, 2026
- Metro Reports Drop In Homelessness On Transit System (KABC, AirTalk)
- Metro Expanding ‘One Car Challenge’ (The Source, Pasadena Now)
- Judge Fines DHS For Slow-Walking L.A. ICE Raids Case (LAist)
- Metro Testing ThermoShade Structure At NoHo Station (Facebook)
- More On Bikeway Construction On Chandler Blvd (SBLA Instagram)
- LAT Looks Under the 6th Street Bridge
- L.A. Approves Consultant Funding To Retool Homelessness Approach (Spectrum1)
- L.A. To Vote On Exempting Palisades Fire Properties From ULA Mansion Tax (NBC4)
- Carnage: Motorcyclist Killed in Harbor Gateway Crash (Daily News)
- Truck Driver, Hauling Multiple Cars, Crashes Into Apartment Building In Panorama City (KTLA, KABC, NBC4)
- Driver Crashing Into LB Home Disrupts Small Business (LB Post)
- Driver Crashes Into Library In Tarzana (KTLA)
- Driver Crashed Into Wall, Cars, Homes, In Orange (KABC)
- Driver Hospitalized After Crashing Into Water In Huntington Beach Harbor (NBC4)
- Driver Who Killed Three In Apple Valley Crash, Charged With Manslaughter (KTLA)
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