Friday’s Headlines
Century City, WeHo, Destination Crenshaw, LAX, ICE, duplexes, Pasadena, Ktown, car-nage and more
By
Joe Linton
9:59 AM PDT on August 7, 2026
- Overnight Closures On Constellation For Metro Century City Station Street Restoration (CCWW)
- More On WeHo E-Bike Voucher Program (WeHo Times)
- More On Destination Crenshaw Delays (Squawk Box)
- More On Metro One-Car Challenge (KCAL, LAT, Daily News)
- LAX Roadway Expansion Gets $289M Federal Grant (Westside Current)
- Car Wash Workers Grapple With Lingering Impacts Of ICE Terror (Capital & Main)
- ICE Terror Managed To Boost LAUSD School Bus Ridership (LAist)
- L.A. City and County Still Fighting Against Post-Fire Duplexes (MV Voice)
- Some Concerned About Pasadena East Colorado Blvd Housing Plan (Spectrum1)
- Middle Density On Vacant Lots Could Help L.A. Housing (LAT)
- Attacker Gets Life Sentence For Hate-Crime Stabbing On Metro Bus (LAT, SMDP, KTLA)
- LAT Dives Into A Swimmable L.A. River
- 80-Unit Ktown ED1 Affordable Housing Open (Public Press)
- Carnage: South L.A. Hit-and-Run Driver Kills E-Scooter Rider (KCAL)
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