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The Metro board met yesterday and sent a mixed message to transit riders. The agency is one step closer to a key heavy rail connection between Westwood and the Valley… but one step further from a light rail extension to Torrance.

Also yesterday, the Metro board approved some of the funding needed to extend the A Line to Claremont.

Hip! Hip! Headlines!

  • City Atty Loses Bid to Criminalize Man Punched During Traffic Stop; Diversion Agreement Paves Way for Civil Proceedings Against City, LAPD to Resume
    by Sahra Sulaiman
    August 7, 2026
    Lawyers for Alexander Mitchell believe the misdemeanor resisting charges, filed 11 months after Officer Joshua Sportiello socked Mitchell in the face, were retaliatory and intended to interfere with proceedings in the civil suit Mitchell filed against the City. That suit was stayed earlier this year, pending resolution of the criminal case.
  • Friday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    August 7, 2026
    Century City, WeHo, Destination Crenshaw, LAX, ICE, duplexes, Pasadena, Ktown, car-nage and more
  • Thursday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    August 6, 2026
    Metro homelessness improvement, Beverly Hills, Santa Ana, WeHo, Santa Monica, Culver City, car-nage, and more
  • Metro Clearing Mature Trees to Widen 91 Freeway through North Long Beach
    by Joe Linton
    August 5, 2026
    Metro is clearing 174 trees to make way for one more freeway lane through a pollution-burdened community of color. “Imagine Your Drive.”
  • Wednesday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    August 5, 2026
    Metro unhoused count, ICE, shade, ULA, car-nage, and more
  • Pomona adds ‘Kids World’ to Downtown
    by Chris Greenspon
    August 4, 2026
    The impressive playground makes the civic center finally feel like a real park.
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