Heads up for commuters who use the 210 Freeway in the Arcadia area, there are going to be some significant closures tonight to accommodate construction on the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension. more ›

Commuters who rely on using Coldwater Canyon to get between the Valley and the other side of the hill weekdays may want to explore some alternate route options from now until the end of the year. more ›

Some landslides happen s-l-o-w-l-y, like the one officials have been keeping an eye on in San Pedro for some time now. Yesterday's heavy rains helped send chunks of Paseo del Mar, a "buckled bluff-top roadway," right on into the ocean. Yep, there's a hole where that road used to be. more ›

Anxious pooches with pacing paws wagged their tails in excitement when the first L.A. off-leash dog park in a county-run park was announced mid-summer. After funding for the Crescenta Valley Dog Park was approved on July 26, construction was slated for August. September is nearing its end, and groundbreaking has yet to begin. The park remains halted in the plan check phase. more ›

Governor Brown lived up to his no-nonsense governance approach Tuesday morning outside of the L.A. Convention Center. He penned his signature on two bills designed to expedite construction projects throughout California, one being the $1.2 billion Downtown L.A. NFL stadium, a little project proposed by the Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG). more ›

We think we can, we think we can: The Expo Line's Phase 2, which extends light rail transportation from Culver City to Santa Monica, is going to happen, and things are getting going this morning. A groundbreaking event is being held to officially mark the beginning of construction on the project. more ›

Metro says they have cleared another hurdle in their current endeavor to (finally) put in place an efficient transit link to serve Los Angeles International Airport. Wednesday, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) gave approval to release the Final Environmental Impact Statement/Report (FEIS/R) for the Crenshaw/LAX Transit Corridor, says the transit agency, and local politicians are already cheering the train's arrival. more ›

After a prolonged political purgatory and departure into disrepair, LAX, with aspirations of again becoming the west's best international airport, is looking to spend $4 billion to upgrade utilities, expand taxiways for wide-bodied aircraft already in service, and make modernization improvements to the Bradley International and several domestic terminals. more ›

In what is sure to be a lovely pre-show to the 405 Carmageddom of mid-July, Caltrans officials are planning overnight closures along the Golden State (5) Freeway next week, as "construction continues on a major overhaul of the route, the agency announced today," according to the Daily News. more ›

City officials insist that public safety is the number one priority in the complex plan surrounding next month's closure of the 405 but administrators at four area hospitals fear that essential staff will be unable to commute to and from work. more ›

On Sept. 2, 1961, 7-year-old Ramona Price went missing as she walked to school in Santa Barbara. The case has never been solved. Investigators came across information four years ago that led to "the 101 Freeway's Winchester Canyon Road overcrossing, a structure that was being built at around the time Ramona vanished," according to the L.A. Times. more ›

After years of false starts and delays, finally some good news for NoHo Arts District residents: A 7-screen Laemmle movie theatre complex is going in at 5200 Lankershim Boulevard, according to NoHo Arts District.com. Ground breaking is scheduled for next week, and construction should be done by the end of the year. more ›

A planned 85,000-square-foot compound-style residence slated to occupy a 5.2-acre Benedict Canyon lot is being scaled back by the owner in order to appease neighbors angry about the massive project. Purchased under a shroud of mystery, the landowner has been revealed as a Saudi Prince, Prince Abdulaziz ibn Abdullah ibn Abdulaziz al Saud, according to the LA Times, who has worked to keep his full identity under wraps. more ›

Benedict Canyon residents are uniting against a mystery landowner who plans to develop 5.2 acres on Tower Lane into an 85,000-square-foot compound complete with megamansion, villa, guest house, gate house, staff quarters, and more. Neighbors believe the project "pushes the bounds of common sense and decency," reports the LA Times. more ›

If your weekend work or play plans include riding the Blue Line in or out of Downtown, take note: Several stations will be closed this weekend due to construction. Stations affected are: 7th Street/Metro Center, Pico, Grand, San Pedro, and Washington. more ›

A portion of the construction at the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes is on hold due to the discovery of skeletal remains. In a statement issued yesterday from LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes President and CEO Miguel Angel Corzo says work in that area has been halted "indefinitely, in light of the unexpected number of human remains uncovered and their great historical significance." more ›

Construction of the new Chick-fil-A location in Hollywood got a rowdy start this morning, as their company cows kick-started the demolition of the building on the site where they're gearing up to serve the fast food beloved by die-hard fans. more ›

The conversion of the Ambassador Hotel site to a Los Angeles Unified School District mega-campus is almost complete, as the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools preps to welcome students for the first time ever next month. more ›

Though the official groundbreaking on the Civic Park project was mid-July, work really has begun in earnest to transform the land between the Music Center and City Hall--bordered by the County Hall of Administration and a federal court building. more ›

Tonight, residents of homes and condominiums in Westwood and Century City who may be affected by construction for the Westside's "Subway to the Sea" will have an opportunity to hear "how homes, businesses, water lines and other structures will be protected" during the course of the drilling for the project, according to the Daily News. more ›

Put on hold in February when the state froze the $1.1M grant, then further held off after funds were released by a local business' legal haggling, construction of the Glendale Narrows Riverwalk project should begin this summer, according to the Glendale News Press. more ›

They called it the Arroyo Seco Parkway because of its meandering curves ideal for driving at the more moderate speeds of the era, and taking in the verdant landscaping and communities through which it passed. But that was 1940, and now the 110 is known as the Pasadena Freeway, with dangerous turns and narrow lanes connecting Downtown to northern neighborhoods. more ›

When it comes to the three-year billion dollar construction project to bring carpool lanes to the northbound 405 Freeway over the Sepulveda pass, Metro has a Twitter account, the world's easy tool to deploy information at a moment's notice, but they don't use it all the time. Nor can you trust their press releases about when closures will occur, finds Eric Spillman at KTLA. more ›

Work to widen the lanes of the I-405 will continue to have an impact on traffic on the Westside and into the Sepulveda Pass as Caltrans shuts down portions of Sepulveda Boulevard periodically over the next two months, reports LA Now. more ›

A $1.25-billion expansion project at Los Angeles International Airport gets underway today as officials are scheduled to break ground for "one of the largest public works projects in the history of Los Angeles," according to cbs2. more ›

The humongous project to widen the 405 Freeway between the 10 and 101 was delayed this week because of the rain. Now that things appear to be calming, Caltrans has released their anticipated construction schedule for the next several days. Pending weather, here are some of the highlights: more ›

Last week it was announced that beginning January 12th and lasting three years, Caltrans and Metro would be embarking on the final phases of putting in a carpool lane, among other freeway fixes, between the 10 and 101. Caltrans this week announced specifics about what to expect next week and it is a full nighttime closure. more ›

Nighttime commuters, take note. Beginning in January and lasting for two months, work in the Sepulveda Pass will affect traffic patterns, sometimes shutting down all lanes. The $1 billion collaborative Metro-Caltrans project, which broke ground in May, will add 10 miles of northbound car pool lanes between the 10 and 101 freeways--it's the last chunk of car pool-less 405 there is--and also remove and replace three bridges over the freeway, widen 13 overpasses and structures, realign 27 on- and off-ramps and bring 18 miles of retaining and sound walls. more ›

When the Grand Avenue Project got the green light in March 2008, the fact that its financing came from Dubai was a boon, not a burden, since the wealthy nation had been enjoying its time in the spotlight as a playground for abundance and construction. Now questions have arisen as to whether Dubai's current money troubles will affect the development. "The Board of Supervisors on Tuesday asked for a report on whether financial problems in Dubai will affect the $3 billion Grand Avenue project, whose developers have borrowed money from Dubai investors," according to the Daily News. more ›