Friday’s Headlines
L.A. River path, Vista Del Mar, Destination Crenshaw, LAX People Mover, ridership, climate delusion, homelessness, ICE, Venice Dell, car-nage and more
By
Joe Linton
9:47 AM PDT on August 14, 2026
- Push To Connect L.A. River Path Through Downtown (Courthouse News)
- LADOT Installing Barriers To Make Deadly Vista Del Mar Safer (KCAL)
- More On Destination Crenshaw Delays (LAT)
- More On LAX People Mover Delays (LAT)
- More On Bass Kinda Pledging Fareless Metro Transit, Again (LAist short)
- UCLA Research Looks At CA Post-Pandemic Transit Ridership Trends/Challenges
- Climate Delusion: Rising Ocean vs. So Cal Coast (LAT)
- “Climate Whiplash” Burning Western U.S. (LAT)
- Judge Rules Against Feds, Restores L.A. Homelessness Funding (LAist, Spectrum1)
- Judge To Rule Against Feds, End So Cal ICE Warrantless Arrests (LAT)
- Venice Dell Housing On City Committee Agenda Today (Squawk Box)
- Commission Approves 8-Story 379-Apt 322-Parking Development Near La Cienega Station (Urbanize)
- Carnage: South L.A. Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Person In Wheelchair (Daily News)
- Driver Killed In Angeles Crest Highway Crash (LCF Outlook)
- Huntington Beach Driver Crashes Into Strip Mall, Hospitalizes Person (KCAL)
- LAPD Offers Reward For Pico Union Hit-and-Run Driver (L.A. Local)
- Santa Ana Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested (KTLA)
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