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Hot week, potholes, Burbank BRT, Pasadena 710, Woodland Hills, carnage, and more

By Joe Linton

9:57 AM PDT on August 24, 2026

Pothole repair in 2025. Photo by Joe Linton/Streetsblog

Climate Is Scorching So. Cal, Hottest Week Of Year (KTLA, KCAL, LAT)
- Climate Imperiling California Coast This Year (LAT)
- How are those increased tailpipe emissions working out for you, Metro?
Torched On L.A. City Fixing Potholes
Pasadena Deciding Governance For 710 Stub Removal Area (Pasadena Now)
Metro BRT Construction Underway, Court Could Restrict (Burbank Leader)
Blumenfield & City Cite Mountain Lion Habitat To Block Woodland Hills Golf Course To Housing Project (LAT, Daily News)
WeHo Candidate Criticizes Approved Fountain Safety Plan, Meeting 8/30 (WeHo Times)
Pasadena Art/Monuments Walk (Pasadena Complete Sts)
Carnage: Nine Injured, Five Severely, In Whittier Car Crash (KABC, KCAL)
- Speeding LB Driver Killed Crashing Into Car, Then Wall (KCAL)
- LBPD Arrest DUI Suspect Who Crashed Into Several Cars, Killing A Person (LB Post)
- Fatal Riverside Area 215 Freeway Trailer Crash (KTLA)
- Person Killed In Victorville Solo Car Crash (KTLA)
- Whittier Narrows 60 Freeway Hit-and-Run Crash Send Person To Hospital (Eastsider)
- Several People Injured In 4-Car Hollywood Hills Crash (KTLA, NBC4)

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