Thursday’s Headlines
Long Beach, traffic violence, 6th Street PARC, Measure HLA, Metrolink, Wilshire, Culver City, car-nage and more
By
Joe Linton
8:44 AM PDT on September 17, 2026
- Long Beach Is Building Ambitious Studebaker Bikeway, Some Complain (LB Post)
- KCRW Interviews SBLA’s Joe Linton On Traffic Violence
- Michael Schneider (Medium) Rebuts Nimby Screed
- More on Traffic Violence State of Emergency (Daily News)
- More on Metro’s Shaky Olympics Transpo Plans (Sports Examiner)
- Park Under 6th Street Bridge Won’t Open Until 2027 (BH Beat)
- Measure HLA Updates, Including City’s Lawsuit Response (Bikas)
- Former Metrolink Exec Lawsuit Alleges Unsafe Operations (LAT)
- L.A. World Podcast Talks Wilshire, Including Subway Updates
- Sups Delay Vote On Sheriff Department Gangs (Public Press)
- Some E-Scooter Crashes and Close Calls at USC (Daily Trojan)
- Culver City Could Limit AV Facilities Near Homes (CCWW News)
- Carnage: Surveillance Footage Of Deadly Chatsworth Car vs. Bus Crash (KTLA)
- Driver Kills LB Cyclist (Biking in L.A., LB Post)
- DUI Driver Kills Person In Boyle Heights 5 Freeway Crash (KTLA, KABC)
- Two Killed In Wrong Way Lake Forest Toll Road Crash (KTLA)
- Three LB Drivers, Two Hit-and-Run, Kill Pedestrian (KTLA)
- LB Driver Seriously Injures Pedestrian (LB Post)
- Santa Clarita Driver Injures Pedestrian (SC Signal)
- Audit Finds Wasteful CA High-Speed Rail Travel Expenditures (LAT, LAist)
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