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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

Pasadena's first CicLAvia - in 2015. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

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