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The new 9-mile 4-station Glendora to Pomona Metro A Line extension will open on Friday September 19. Ride the A Line to Pomona!

When ICE attacked Southern California, it drove Metro ridership down.

Metro is demolishing a few vacant industrial buildings to expand Union Station.

SBLA mourns the passing of Benito Flores, a leader of the Reclaimers occupying vacant Caltrans homes purchased to extend the 710 Freeway.

  • 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
  • Wednesday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 22, 2026
    Heat wave, Santa Monica, Metro board, Larchmont parking, East L.A., TOD, Culver CityBus, car-nage and more
  • Baldwin Park Opens Triple Playground at Barnes Park
    by Chris Greenspon
    July 21, 2026
    While the park isn’t finished yet, its jungle gyms are now open for children of all abilities.
  • Tuesday’s Headlines
    by Joe Linton
    July 21, 2026
    Burbank BRT, CicLAvia, heat wave, Jason Gibbs, Vista Canyon, DTLA, Santa Monica, High Desert rail, car-nage, and more
  • This Week In Livable Streets
    by Joe Linton
    July 20, 2026
    Not a lot this week with World Cup finished and L.A. City Council on recess, but Metro and County Supervisors are still meeting
  • CicLAvia – Meet the Hollywoods – Open Streets Open Thread
    by Joe Linton
    July 20, 2026
    CicLAvia opened six miles of streets through West Hollywood, Hollywood, and East Hollywood – and dovetailed with the World Cup final – but did those two events mix as well as they might have?
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