Ryan Fonseca
Former Associate Editor
(he/him)
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L.A. Metro’s draft environmental impact report is out and the agency is holding a series of meetings to present the plan and take public comment.
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Alessa Fajardo, 4, was killed by a driver while walking to school in 2019. Three years and three councilmembers later, new signals have not been installed.
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The announcement came the same day Nury Martinez resigned under pressure and the L.A. City Attorney called for a special election next spring to get voter approval for the City Council district lines to be redrawn.
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Councilmembers Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo have been condemned to various degrees by their peers, with some calling on all three to resign from office.
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Nury Martinez was speaking with fellow Councilmembers Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo and L.A. County Federation of Labor President Ron Herrera. They were recorded talking about their frustrations with redistricting efforts in the city.
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L.A. Metro’s Crenshaw/LAX K Line extension, which opened Friday, runs through South Los Angeles and Inglewood.
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The K Line, which opens this Friday, won’t actually provide a rail connection to LAX until 2024, according to the transit agency’s current projections.
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The goal is to reduce the often inequitable police enforcement of crossing the street. In Los Angeles, nearly a third of citations each year are written to Black pedestrians, who make up about 9% of the city’s population.
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The city of Los Angeles is relaunching its speed hump program on Oct. 6, but it's only accepting a finite number of applications, so act quickly!
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City leaders approved a new contract this week aimed at adding thousands of bus shelters, but some voiced concerns that the program hasn't secured the investment it needs to achieve its goals.
Stories by Ryan Fonseca
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