The party of two-wheeled pedal riders proved to be a success again for this weekend?s Ciclavia. Tens of thousands showed up for Sunday?s event, which closes streets in one stretch of town to cars and trucks, but encourages foot and bicycle traffic. The event celebrated five years, just as a study is released today showing how good Ciclavia is for the air around those neighborhoods. Even so, transit ridership is falling.
    


CicLAvia Cleaning Los Angeles

If you've ever taken the drive from LA to San Francisco you know it's no short trip, and with the cost of airfare unpredictable, California voted in 2008 to build a bullet train connecting the two cities. But it hasn't been a smooth ride thus far for the nation's most expensive public works project, ever.
    


A New Hurdle for High-Speed Rail: the San Gabriels

California's $330 million tax incentive program for film and TV productions seems to be paying off. Recent numbers show that shooting days here in LA are up more than 50 percent compared to last year. 
    


Can Online Programming Save Hollywood?

City Hall's all-in for reshaping LA's car-centric lifestyle, but a lawsuit filed by a Westside anti-development group has the Council backpedaling on it Mobility Plan 2035.
    


City Hall Backpedaling on LA's Mobility Plan

Big changes loom over the L-A Times this week.  Wednesday will be the final day at work for many of the paper?s veteran journalists, who?ve been bought out of their contracts.
    


LA Times Buyouts

About a thousand people gathered over the weekend in Long Beach, to say goodbye to a Southern California fixture. 
    


The End of an Era for LA Aviation

The City of Los Angeles is taking Southern California Gas Company to court over the stench of a natural gas outflow in the northern portions of the San Fernando Valley. 
    


LA City Hall Takes SoCalGas to Court

Black community leaders are demanding a US Justice Department investigation into the shooting death over the weekend of 28-year old Nicholas Robertson by LA County Sheriff's Deputies. It?s another controversy in a department that?s faced a lot of outside scrutiny lately.
    


Will Justice Department investigate Lynwood Officer-Involved Shooting?

The City of LA and its partners are trying to re-imagine Pershing Square, the largest park in the city's historic center. 
    


Finalists Announced for Pershing Square Redesign

SoCal Gas may have found the leak, but says this new information will not speed up the timeline for fixing it.
    


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