Monday’s Headlines
Mayor Bass vs. pothole, drivers vs. crosswalk, ICE vs. Fashion District, CIcLAvia, Santa Monica, People's Vision Zero, Waymo, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
11:43 AM PDT on August 17, 2026
- Mayor Bass Almost Repairs A Melrose Pothole (Bass Instagram)
- Post Imitates NYC Mamdani Viral Pothole Fill (Complex)
- Mamdani Has History Of Showing Prioritization Of Pothole Repairs (CBS)
- L.A. City Gets Melrose Pothole Filled On Second Try (Bass Instagram)
- Alissa Walker Already Reported A Bigger Pothole
- Systemically, recent wrongheaded L.A. City repaving practices (“Large Asphalt Repair” then streets without sidewalks – all to avoid HLA/ADA) are degrading pavement conditions on many L.A. streets
- A Pico Crosswalk Demonstrates How L.A. Prioritizes Drivers (The Future is L.A.)
- Fashion District A Ghost Town A Year After ICE Terror Began (Capital & Main)
- CicLAvia To Return To Pasadena On November 15 (Biking in L.A., Colorado Blvd, Pasadena Now)
- Driver Plows Down Santa Monica Plastic Bollards Protecting Bike Lane (Reddit)
- People’s Vision Zero Paints New South L.A. Crosswalks (Reddit)
- CA Court Sides With Waymo, Temporarily Lifts SaMo Injunction (SMDP)
- Culver City Split Vote Allows AV Charging (CC Crossroads)
- Transpo Commission Delays Venice Dell Housing, Again (MV Voice)
- CA Grant Awarded For 110-Unit Boyle Hts Metro Site Affordable Housing (Urbanize)
- Torched On Risks Of L.A. Hosting Olympics
- L.A. Podcast On Back-to-School, Mobility Wallet, and More
- Carnage: Person Killed, Another Seriously Injured, In Atwater 5 Freeway Crash (Eastsider)
- Victorville 3-Car Crash Kills 2 People (KTLA, NBC4)
- Driver Who Ran Out of Gas Killed In 14 Freeway Crash (SC Signal)
- One Killed, Five Injured In Perris Crash (KTLA, NBC4)
- Newhall Driver Sends Injured Pedestrian To Hospital (SC Signal)
- Adelanto 5-Car Crash Sends 5 People To Hospital (KTLA)
- Hit-and-Run Suspect Apprehended In Santa Ana Car vs. Ped Severe Injury Crash (KTLA)
- Suspect Arrested In Deadly La Crescenta Hit-and-Run (LCF Outlook)
- CA Uber/Lyft Union Expected Within 30 Days (LAT)
- LAT Explains Issues With Hydrogen Transportation Future
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