With the Rio Games in full swing, Metro’s and LA2024’s efforts to bring the Games closer to home continues tonight when Shirley Babashoff — three-time Gold Medalist in swimming at the 1972 Games in Munich — will be appearing in the East Portal of Union Station from 4:30 p.m. to [continue reading]
UPDATE, SUNDAY 9:45 P.M.: Repairs have been completed to the Green Line’s overhead wires and regular service has resumed and will be in place Monday morning between Norwalk and Redondo Beach stations. Thank you for your patience! *** The overhead wires became detached early Sunday morning; one train that was stranded [continue reading]
Things on Twitter: @metrolosangeles is making progress on the future Little Tokyo metro station. pic.twitter.com/sBKUzq7kdM — Robert Petersen (@lahiddenhistory) August 5, 2016 On @metrolosangeles to #VRLA. So new that taking [continue reading]
7:41 a.m., update: The downtown L.A.-bound track at Compton and Artesia has been released, and trains are resuming normal service with up to 20 minute residual delays through 8:45 a.m. Supplementary bus shuttles cancelled. Customers planning to take Blue Line this afternoon can expect service to be impacted due to [continue reading]
Expo Line and Gold Line update: We’re well aware of some of the crowding that riders have experienced in recent weeks on the Expo Line and Gold Line. Some good news [continue reading]
The Summer Olympics officially kick off in Rio this Friday, which means I’m about to disappear into a haze of swimming and gymnastics fangirling. My favorite story so far is the one about [continue reading]
A full closure of tracks west of Aviation/LAX Station will take place this Saturday, Aug. 6 from open to close of service. In order for crews to perform necessary track [continue reading]
From the Dept. of Grizzly Adams: I had the good fortune to spend the last few days active transporting around the Eastern Sierra. In this day and age, it’s pretty nice to be a few miles from the nearest road and to have no cell/internet access. Guess the name of this pass [continue reading]
Last month, all five Metro Service Councils voted to go dark in August and take a short summer break. Regular meetings will resume in September. The Gateway Cities Service Council voted in July to move to a new meeting location. Unfortunately, the proposed venue is unavailable, so the meetings will [continue reading]
The Rams finished last season 7-9. But they were 4-2 in the tough NFC West and the Seahawks, Cardinals and 49ers all have their own issues. So who knows: maybe [continue reading]
