A reminder for pothole haters, it's time to get ready to get yours filled: Operation Pothole is returning next month to the oh-so-mean streets of Los Angeles. Operation Pothole was first launched in January by City Council President Eric Garcetti, who set the lofty goal of getting 10-15,000 potholes filled over the course of a couple of days. This time, as Streetsblog notes, the goal is double: 20,000 potholes to be filled by twice as many crews on June 4th and 5th. more ›

And they're off!! WIth a goal of filling and fixing up to 15,000 road hazards this weekend, approximately 50 city road repair crews have been deployed across Los Angeles repairing potholes and pavement deterioration caused by recent, heavy hitting rain. more ›

City Council President Eric Garcetti hates potholes, and chances are, you do too. If you've got a loathsome pothole that is ruining your commute (not to mention your vehicle) Garcetti says don't hesitate to phone it in to 3-1-1 so crews can come fill it. more ›

There are lots of bumps in the road of life, and a lot of those literal bumps are thanks to persistent potholes on the streets of our travels here in Los Angeles. Much like the LA Bike map, mapping is to citizen activism as the proverbial rubber is to the road. Susanna Schick has created a Google map aimed to aid the Department of Public Works track pothole spots. Schick explains in an email... more ›

Two Montreal-based photographers are taking to the streets of Los Angeles this month in order to transform, at least temporarily, an urban problem into a urban delight. Photographers Claudia Ficca and Davide Luciano have been traveling the continent, staging guerrilla street-level photographs to transform "disruptive craters into objects of fancy." more ›

Caltrans' Jeanne Bonfilio called to give the latest update on the all-day closure of the Northbound 110 Freeway at Fair Oaks Blvd. She says the 15 foot (both in width and depth) sinkhole caused by the original and now broken drainage pipe from the 1940s is being replaced by a new 20 foot piece. "We're trying to get the freeway open early this evening. It's really hard to say an exact time." more ›

A large pothole reported near the center divider on the northbound 110 Freeway yesterday evening turned into a full blown sinkhole overnight, prompting the complete closure of the northbound 110 Freeway near Fair Oaks Drive at the tail end of the freeway before it hits surface streets in South Pasadena. more ›