Monday’s Headlines
Hot week, potholes, Burbank BRT, Pasadena 710, Woodland Hills, carnage, and more
By
Joe Linton
9:57 AM PDT on August 24, 2026
- 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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