Tuesday’s Headlines
Record breaking heat, Soto-Martinez no-drive week, Westwood, Venice Dell, Burbank, ADUs, car-nage, and more
By
Joe Linton
11:37 AM PDT on October 6, 2026
- So Cal Continues To Bake, Breaking Heat Records (LAT, Daily News, KTLA, KABC, KCAL)
- Councilmember Soto-Martinez Doing A Week Without Driving
- CicLAvia Heart of L.A. Is This Sunday (Biking in L.A.)
- L.A. City Repairing Westwood Sidewalks, In Advance Of Olympics (CCWW News)
- Judge Orders City to Clear Venice Dell Site, For Housing (MV Voice)
- Burbank Airport Celebrates New Terminal, Open To Public Oct. 13 (Urbanize, LAist, KCAL)
- National Bike/Walk To School Day Tomorrow – and Every Day (MV Voice)
- How ADUs Became Major Source Of L.A. Housing (Xtown)
- Nick Andert Talks Transit With WeHo Councilmember John Erickson
- Also Check Out Andert’s Reddit Ask-Me-Anything
- Suspect Arrested In Culver CityBus Driver Shooting (LAT, CC Crossroads)
- Carnage: Deadly Freeway Crash In Cerritos As Driver Slams Into Stopped Vehicles (KTLA)
- Santa Fe Springs Driver Crashes Into Restaurant, Kills Person, Injures Others (KABC, NBC4, KCAL, Whittier Daily News)
- Echo Park Hit-and-Run Driver Hospitalizes Pedestrian (KTLA, Eastsider)
- Driver Convicted Of 2nd Degree Murder In 6-Dead Windsor Hills Crash (Daily News, CCWW News)
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