The 5th annual Taste of East L.A. will be serving up tasty eats on Saturday, September 7. The event starts at 11 a.m. and ends at 8 p.m. and cost for the event is $20 for 20 Taste Coupons. Located at East L.A. Civic Center Station off of the Metro [continue reading]
The 101 connector to northbound I-405 will be closed this Saturday night for work to be done on the Mulholland Bridge. Here’s the press release from Metro: The I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor will be removing the falsework on the Mulholland Bridge in the Sepulveda Pass on Saturday, August 24. [continue reading]
FYF Fest is approaching quickly and as you begin to plan your weekend of dancing and fun, make Metro your travel plan of choice! The festival is taking place at the Los Angeles Historic Park, which is conveniently located a short walk from the Metro Gold Line Chinatown Station. Forget the hassle [continue reading]
During Bike Week LA, we collected nominations for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual competition for great stories about bicycling. We’re featuring these stories in a weekly Why You Ride series – because for many Angelenos, every week is Bike Week! Alan Kwan’s commute to work was 25 miles long [continue reading]
Raw food alert! Even if you’re eating for flavor rather than for health, LifeFood Organic restaurant in Hollywood is certainly worth a stop. It’s vegan in a good way — the way those of us who don’t think we could ever give up fish and cheese — find inspiring. And [continue reading]
Friday night, join the Music Center for Dance Downtown. All are welcome to learn traditional Japanese festival dances. The free lesson takes place from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. (Metro Red/Purple Line to Civic Center Station, Metro Bus 10 to Temple/Grand) Saturday is your last chance to enjoy the free [continue reading]
More than a few people have noticed that Google Transit hasn’t been showing Metro transit info lately. Metro routinely sends Google revised data concerning routes and schedules, and the process of updating data is mostly automated. In this case, there was a transfer failure and Google is working to correct the problem. [continue reading]
Just a reminder that the Northbound I-405 freeway will be closed this Saturday night, August 24 from 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. Sunday to enable the I-405 Sepulveda Pass Improvements contractor to complete removing the steel supports needed to build the new Mulholland Bridge in the Sepulveda Pass. Metro’s contractor [continue reading]
Here is a look at some of the transportation headlines gathered by us and the Metro Library. The full list of headlines is posted on the Library’s Transportation Headlines online newspaper, which you can also access via email subscription (visit the newspaper site) or RSS feed. ‘Neighbors’ group wants state Supreme Court to [continue reading]
It’s a beautiful thing when Southern Californians take pride in their fascinating and diverse history. This past weekend the Metro Transportation Library & Archive logged its 3,000,000th view on our online Flickr photo gallery (yes, three million in less than five years). Over here at The Source, the reaction to “then [continue reading]
