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Regulators clear way for Expo Line completion
L.A. NOWCiting extensive safety improvements, state regulators on Thursday cleared the way for completion of the first leg of the Expo light rail project by approving a controversial street-level crossing next to Dorsey High School. In its decision, the... -
Irvin R. Lai dies at 83; Chinese American community leader in Los Angeles
Irvin R. Lai, a revered Chinese American community leader in Los Angeles best known for his efforts to save the roast duck in Chinatown and to ensure the proper handling of burial remains exposed during the Metro Gold Line extension, has died. He was 83....Tags: Restaurants, Heart and Circulatory System, Wars and Interventions, Career and Workplace, Family
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Westside subway prevails in MTA's long-range plan
L.A. NOWIn a victory for the mayor, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority board today reaffirmed the Westside subway and a rail connection through downtown L.A. as the agency's top priorities for federal funding. The board took the action despite calls from... -
A toll on roads, and our souls
You can hang any number of shiny baubles on a mistake, like ornaments on a Christmas tree, but when you're done, all you've really got is a bad idea -- with glitter. Congestion pricing is just that sort of bad idea. Here in Los Angeles, the idea of...Tags: Prices, Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, Transportation, Personal Income
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Raimund Abraham dies at 76; Austrian-born architect, theorist and teacher
Raimund Abraham, an Austrian-born architect known for his powerfully enigmatic drawings and fierce idealism, and whose narrow, blade-like 2002 Austrian Cultural Forum building in New York is among the most forceful pieces of architecture built in the last...Tags: Music, Obituaries, Arts and Culture, Culture, Crime, Law and Justice
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Death on the rails in L.A.
Although Metrolink safety lapses drew national attention last year when 25 people were killed in a head-on collision with a freight train, many more have died from commuter trains hitting automobiles and pedestrians.
Over the 15 years leading up to the...Tags: Ken Johnson, Antonio Villaraigosa, Disasters and Accidents, Entertainment, Career and Workplace
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Morning Scoop: Transplant chain, Night Stalker, subway plans
L.A. NOWGood morning from the City Desk, where we're waiting for our traditional Friday morning doughnuts to arrive. A sampler of California stories from today's paper to speed you on your way to Saturday: Kidney by kidney: Surgeons at UCLA Medical...... -
Metro Gold Line partially reopened after canopy blows onto power lines [Updated]
L.A. NOW[Updated at 3:15 p.m.: MTA spokesman Luis Inzunza says the Gold Line is now operating on a single track, and officials expect to reopen the second track soon. Commuters this afternoon should expect 10 to 15 minute delays, he said.]...... -
Villaraigosa has bullish plan for rail transit projects
L.A. NOWIf Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has his way, Los Angeles County is about to embark on a commuter rail building boom the likes of which the region has never seen. On Friday, the mayor will unveil an ambitious but...... -
L.A. redevelopment chief to leave Villaraigosa administration [Updated]
L.A. NOWCecilia V. Estolano, head of the Los Angeles Community Redevelopment Agency, said today that she would resign to take a job with an Oakland-based environmental group focused on generating green jobs in underserved neighborhoods. The departure was the... -
MTA report calls for light rail, not rapid bus line, on Crenshaw corridor
L.A. NOWA proposed transit line that will run through South Los Angeles should be light rail, not a rapid bus line, according to a report released by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. South L.A. officials and community groups cheered the recommendation... -
L.A. County sheriff's deputies arrest 73-year-old tagging suspect [Updated]
L.A. NOWCalling him the oldest tagging suspect they have ever captured, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies arrested a 73-year-old Los Angeles man for allegedly putting "slap tags" on the inside of Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses. For the last seven...
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