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Officials are emphasizing the grandeur of the Olympics as a global event and hoping the Trump administration funds public transit. More than $2 billion will be needed to run enough buses to get spectators to and from venues.
Angelenos can hail a robotaxi with the Waymo One app starting Tuesday. There are about 100 taxis in the Los Angeles fleet — but they don’t drive freeways.
In this election, an estimated 55% of Latino male voters favored Trump, up from 32% in 2016, exit polls showed. That shift, experts say, is a sign that the immigrant experience is less of a factor in the diverse Latino population than pocketbook and quality-of-life issues like crime.
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Caltrans is slated to close the Vincent Thomas Bridge by 2026, creating dread in Wilmington, which is already overrun by big rigs. An estimated 53,000 trips are taken daily across the span.
As of Tuesday, less than 1 million L.A. County residents have cast ballots, a rate far less than in 2020. With the contentious election less than a week away, election officials are on high alert for threats on poll workers, intimidation and vote tampering.
Three weeks after one man died from a suspected overdose at a downtown jail, authorities said another seven Men’s Central Jail inmates were hospitalized early Tuesday morning following another potential drug exposure incident.
Rams owner Stan Kroenke and Clippers owner Steve Ballmer opposed the Inglewood Transit Connector project saying it would cause congestion and harm development plans. South Bay cities rejected request for more funding.
L.A. wants a car-free Olympics but the $3.3 billion in transportation projects needed to make it happen are only 5% funded. Officials are looking to the next presidential administration for help.
Bass signs executive directive to inventory and prioritize its streets and public squares in a bid to speed up fixes. Los Angeles spends $860 million a year on infrastructure, but doesn’t have an inventory of its assets.
