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Video Provided by Sheriffs Directly Contradicts Their Own Account of Killing of Dijon Kizzee
The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place
September 18, 2020
Over Budget, Five Years Late, I-5 Widening Sparks Metro-Caltrans Debate on Who Pays Cost Overruns
The three- to four-year-long 5 Freeway widening project through Burbank is now expected to take eight years of construction
September 18, 2020
Why Won’t Metro Promote Its New Electric Buses?
Announcing a Streetsblog contest: submit your designs for how Metro should promote its exciting new electric bus fleet
September 9, 2020
Mayor Garcetti Introduces New Metro TAP App – Riders Can Now Use Phone To Pay Fare
Riders can now use iPhones to pay fare on Metro bus and rail, Metro Bike Share, and L.A. County municipal operator buses
September 3, 2020
SGV Connect 69: Stormwater Planning in East L.A. and a Look at the Transit Picture Across the Country
Kris interviews Paul Alva about East L.A. Sustainable Median Stormwater Capture Project. Damien talks to Streetsblog USA editor Kea Wilson about the state of transit during the ongoing pandemic.
August 14, 2020
Metro Kicks Off G Line Bus Electrification
Six months late, Metro now has its first electric bus operating on the popular Metro G Line BRT in the San Fernando Valley
July 27, 2020
Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect
“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."
July 13, 2020
Beating of Unhoused Boyle Heights Man Exposes Woeful Inadequacy of LAPD Reform Proposals
Making the case for why, if L.A. is serious about reimagining public safety, it must embrace the conversation around defunding the police
June 23, 2020
L.A. Cyclists Ride for Justice for George Floyd
More than a thousand cyclists, mainly Black and Latinx, commemorated the death of George Floyd via a peaceful South L.A. RIde for Justice
June 8, 2020
Metro Sides with Police, Against Riders – Shuts Down System, Shuttles Arrestees
By suspending service and shuttling arrestees, Metro leadership sided with the police, against the needs of its largely Black and brown ridership
June 2, 2020
