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Dedication: Crenshaw and Slauson to Forever be Known as “Nipsey Hussle Square”

“Age fourteen on up, my whole life took place on these four corners...This really was my foundation," Hussle told Current TV back in 2010. Now renamed in his honor, those corners pay tribute to how he transformed them.

March 5, 2026

Reading Changes in City Streets

Markings on cities streets can sometimes reveal what used to be there

Eyes on the Street: New Stations on Metro D Line Extension Section 2

After this May's D Line section 1 opening, there's more D to come! The D is growing longer! Check out photos of new station erection... er... construction today in Beverly Hills and Century City

Featured Reporting

They Came to Mourn. LAPD Came in Force. Now Two Men Could Face Serious Consequences Because LAPD Won’t Acknowledge They Were Wrong.

The July 7 vigil for Kenny Hall had been peaceful until LAPD arrived and began pushing people around. When peacemaker Shamond "Lil AD" Bennett tried to intervene and de-escalate LAPD, officer Evan Mott assaulted him. When Dontreal Washington protested, officers punched him in the face. Then LAPD arrested them both.

Measure HLA at Two Years: a Timeline of How L.A. City has Resisted Safer Multimodal Streets

With just 300 feet of HLA upgrades in two years, L.A. City's main effort has been to actively block HLA progress

Metro Responds to Missing Downtown Connector Bikeways: Agency Followed Undefined Plans, Prioritized Getting Drivers to Freeway

Metro didn't follow its own designs or city-approved CEQA-approved street standards - instead implementing not clearly defined changes that added car capacity - and omitted bike and walk facilities

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Major transit stops, gas prices, Santa Monica, LAX, Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza, Redondo Beach, Long Beach, Burbank, car-nage, and more

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ICE, Measure HLA, Chinatown, Mid-City, SB79, Glendale, and more

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Wednesday’s Headlines

Nipsey Hussle Square, Long Beach, marathon, Griffith Park, Sycamore Grove Park, car-nage, and more

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