Monday’s Headlines
Forest Lawn Drive, LAPD, fareless, South Pasadena, West L.A., Woodland Hills, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
9:20 AM PDT on August 31, 2026
- Streets For All Alert To Save Forest Lawn Drive Safety Project
- Forest Lawn Drive Vote Is Expected Late Tonight (SBLA, LAist, SFA, Biking in L.A.)
- Video Of LAPD Beating Inmate, Who Later Died (LAT)
- New Enforce the Fares Video Criticizes Bass Fareless Pledge (Reddit)
- L.A. Podcast Talks About Heat and Humidity, and More
- South Pasadena Cracks Down On Overnight Parking (SP Review)
- New Quick-Build Materials Traffic Circle In West L.A. (CD5 Instagram photos, video)
- Pasadena Planning Eaton Wash Rainwater Capture Park (Pasadena Now)
- 429-Apartment Mixed-Use Completed Across From BMO Stadium (Urbanize)
- South Pasadena To Vote On Street Repair Bond (SP Review)
- More On Woodland Hills Housing vs. Golf Course Habitat (Valley News Group)
- Carnage: Three Drivers, One Hit and Ran, Kill Watts Pedestrian (KCAL)
- 8 People Injured In Winnetka 2-Car Crash (KCAL, KTLA)
- Moreno Valley Crash Kills One, Hospitalizes Three (KTLA)
- Santa Ana Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars, Home (KTLA)
- Trial Begins In Multiple-Fatality Windsor Hills Crash (KTLA)
- LB Driver Who Killed Bus Rider At Stop, Sentenced To Probation (LAT)
- Koreatown Driver Crashes Through Fence, Three People Injured (MyNewsLA)
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