LA-haters love to diss our fair city for its traffic. But a new report finds that last year, more than 5 percent of drivers up north spent 90 minutes or longer commuting to work. In Los Angeles, that figure is about 4.5 percent.
The video is a bit old now, but the comedian's fascination with the environmentally-friendly bus is contagious. It's also still timely: Metro is making moves to make its bus fleet totally electric.
LA now offers nearly as much rail as SF, but much of our system is shiny and new, and that makes SF jealous. As San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener puts it, "we opened BART in 1972 and then proceeded to let it deteriorate and almost fall apart."
The annual bash returns tonight, bringing a real nightmare for commuters. We've got a list of streets to avoid and a breakdown of your car-less transit options for getting to the festivities.
Measure M, which needs two-thirds majority to pass, is right on the bubble, with support throughout Los Angeles County coming in at 67 to 69 percent. The measure would hike the sales tax countywide to fund public transit improvements.
During a one hour "ask me anything" session, Metro CEO Phil Washington fields questions about Measure M and safety on the Blue Line and why Metro still dresses its buses and trains in unnerving cloth seats.
Three wells at Mount Wilson Observatory are completely tapped, and officials at the observatory have been forced to close restrooms and turn off water fountains normally used by visitors and hikers.
Starting tonight with a Blink 182 show, there are still seven opportunities to see a concert in the famed amphitheater before it closes. The Irvine Company plans to build a 60,000 square-foot "community facility" and 1,950 apartments on the land.
The end of free parking at the Observatory is near. The new fees are expected to ease traffic in the park. Free parking will be available in lots that are farther away from the Observatory.
