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SBLA Editor Sahra Sulaiman reports that Jermaine Petit, the disabled Air Force veteran shot in the back by LAPD while holding a car part in an incident that made national headlines in 2022, has died. He was just 41 years old.

The new LAX Metro Transit Center is almost complete.

Bus riders be aware of detours:
– This Sunday, the L.A. Marathon takes to the streets.
– This Monday, Wilshire Boulevard through Beverly Hills will be closed three weeks – for subway construction.

Here’s headlines.

  • Friday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 24, 2026
    Open streets, transit rider for Metro board, Santa Monica, Mayor Karen Bass, D Line, homeless count, parking, LAPD, ICE, Pasadena, car-nage, and more
  • Metro Board July 2026 Recap: Open Streets Funding, Governance, Freeway Expansion, and More
    by Joe Linton
    July 23, 2026
    It took more than half a year for Metro to approve an additional $1 million for CicLAvia-type events. Other board actions on freeway widening, governance, Pacoima Metrolink, workforce housing, Olympics, and more.
  • Thursday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 23, 2026
    Metro Bass priorities, WeHo, CicLAvia, ICE, Omnitrans assault, oil drilling, car-nage and more
  • Mayor Karen Bass Outlines Her Metro Agenda including Fare Free Transit, Bus Lanes
    by Joe Linton
    July 23, 2026
    Bass faintly echoes Mamdani’s “free fast buses” but after three and a half years of mostly Bass inaction at Metro, her election year conversion sounds tepid and unconvincing
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