In an opinion piece published today in the Daily News, Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge (CD4) asserts the need to expand the region's rail transit lines in order to alleviate traffic. more ›

Steve Harvey's "Only in L.A." column this weekend heads underground to some familiar LAist territory: The Belmont Tunnel. The one-mile stretch used to be LA's first--and only--subway, opening in 1925 but shut down thirty years later. Harvey notes that once the Red Cars stopped using the tunnel, it was put to work as "a storage site for survival rations, a holding cell for impounded vehicles, a movie set and, unofficially, a giant graffiti canvas and field of study for urban explorers." more ›

Ok look, when aliens land in your back yard and eat all your Reese's Pieces and dress up in your sister’s clothing and break your favorite Speak and Spell, they don’t give you any notice either. My apologies nonetheless for not finding this sooner... Atwater Movie Night proudly presents: E.T., The Extra Terrestrial TONIGHT @ 7pm Red Car River Park Atwater Village Free On their website you’ll find a helpful map and some info... more ›

Overheard at the Robert Rauschenberg: Combines exhibition at MOCA, spoken by a rather loud, scruffy, (MFA candidate?) docent leading one man around the galleries: "But you see that parachute there? It's a toy parachute." more ›

A report released last month by the California Climate Change Center at UC Berkeley says that global warming presents California with valuable business opportunities. "Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California" says that "climate action in California can yield net gains for the state economy, increasing growth and creating jobs." In more simple terms, that spells ECONOMIC BENEFIT. If California is smart, our state could easily become "a leader in the new technologies and industries that will come into existence worldwide due to the common goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions." more ›

So you want to live in a gracious vintage apartment in the Mid-Wilshire or Koreatown or Hollywood area. It has hardwood floors, a built-in, non-functioning icebox, cool tiles, and you can take the subway downtown. So it was built during the Red Car era when Los Angeles had really good public transportation, before most people had cars, and so it doesn't come with a parking space. You can deal, right? more ›

Martini Republic's editor, Joseph Mailander, claims to be the "first person to use the Trolley." LAist can verify that: we trailed behind him to be the second official passenger on board at Monday's preview of the new transit service that will serve Hollywood nightlife, Thursday through Sunday morning, 8 p.m. – 4 a.m. more ›

The oft-lamented, much eulogized Red Car trolley may be about to emerge from gauzy nostalgia and faded memories to roll down the streets of the central city once more. more ›