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When it’s hot, it’s not fun to cook. But induction stoves can help with that. They use electromagnetic waves to heat cookware, so the heat goes directly into the pan, instead of the whole house.
Why it matters: Induction stoves also don't emit health-harming and planet-heating pollution that gas stoves do, so you can improve indoor air quality and help fight climate change.
What's next: Read on to hear from one Angeleno who made the switch from gas to induction, and how you can too.
When it’s hot, it is not fun to cook, especially when you don’t have sufficient air conditioning like many of us here in southern California. Gas stoves also emit a lot of unhealthy, even cancer-causing, pollution. But some people are cooking cooler and cleaner with a new kind of stove — an induction stove — and fighting climate change too.
June Navarro is one of those people. I went to her home in Avocado Heights, an unincorporated community in the southeast San Gabriel Valley.
Navarro was born in East L.A., raised in the Inland Empire and moved to Avocado Heights with her husband and 10-year-old twins about four years ago.
“It's an equestrian area, so there's a lot of dirt, a lot of chickens, horses,” Navarro said with a smile. “There's a huge Latino culture here, very proud, generations of family. I love it for my children, being Mexican American, having that culture.”
More than 80% of the residents in Avocado Heights are Latino, most with Mexican roots, and a majority speak Spanish. The median household income for a family of four is about $98,000.
Community members also live near a lot of heavy industry, which means more air pollution. There’s the Quemetco battery recycling plant in the neighboring City of Industry. You can see the huge mountain of the old Puente Hills Landfill down Navarro’s street. The neighborhood is bordered by freight rail lines and the 60 and 605 freeways.
The state’s cumulative pollution burden data mapping tool, CalEnviroScreen, rates the community as being mostly in the 90th to 100th percentile for disproportionate pollution impacts. (You can look up your community’s pollution burden here). State and local agencies use the data to allocate funding for programs that address the unequal impacts of pollution and climate change.
Navarro’s son has asthma and she worries about the pollution’s impact on her whole family.
“I don't know what the air quality is…I don't know what the impact is going to be on us,” she said. “So I'm trying just anything that can help it. Anything that I can do to help my family.”
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One way Navarro is improving air quality in her own home: Instead of a gas stove, she now has what’s called an induction stove. Induction stoves on average cost $600 to more than $9,000 (though you can get portable single induction cooktops often for less than $100).
Navarro got her stove free through a state-funded pilot program that has installed 18 induction stoves in her community. The $200,000 grant from the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator, or LACI, was part of a public-private partnership led by local climate organizations including The Energy Coalition, Day One and the Bassett Avocado Heights Advanced Energy Community.
Under that induction stove pilot program, the air quality of the home was measured before gas stoves were replaced, and after induction stoves were installed.
Mayte Sanchez, senior energy director with LACI, said gas stoves caused a shocking amount of pollution in the homes they measured.
“Our results varied from anywhere from 200 up to 800 parts per billion of nitrogen dioxide,” she said.
Sanchez added that the highest levels of pollution were around head height above the stove.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has determined inhaling more than 50 parts per billion of nitrogen dioxide can be harmful to health. Research has also found that gas stoves often leak the cancer-causing chemical benzene.
But induction stoves don’t emit that pollution. Sanchez said they found that in the Avocado Heights homes retrofitted with induction stoves, nitrogen dioxide levels were between 20 to 50 parts per billion.
At first, Navarro was skeptical about switching to induction.
“I was like, I'm not going from gas cooking to electric,” she said. But after doing her own research, she changed her mind.
“That's the biggest misconception,” Navarro said. “It's not electric cooking, for sure.”
Induction stoves look kind of like nice electric stoves, with a sleek, flat top. But they work very differently.
Induction stoves use electromagnetic waves to heat cookware. So the heat goes directly into the pan, instead of the whole house.
That’s been a game changer for Navarro, particularly because she only has fans and a window air conditioning unit to cool the house.
She said, with her gas stove, the heat was “unbearable."
"I'm, like, you're having chicken salad because I am not cooking in the middle of the heat," Navarro said. "But what's been different this past summer, it just does not get hot.”
That’s because of her induction stove. Navarro doesn’t generally love to cook, but it’s something she has to do with two kids and a husband who works full time. The induction stove has made her enjoy making meals more.
“I love to cook carne con papa and Mexican rice. It's so easy to do on that,” Navarro said. “I cook them at the same time. And if you can imagine in the summer, if you have like multiple burners going, it gets hotter. And what's great is [the induction stove] doesn't.”
Because they use electromagnetic waves, induction stoves require pans with a bottom that a magnet can stick to.
“You don't have to get anything that is expensive,” Navarro said.
Cast iron works too. Just don’t drag pans over the glass top of the stove, or you could ruin the magnet (and scratch up that beautiful smooth surface), Navarro said.
Instead of sparking the gas flame, the stove turns on with the touch of a button. Little red lights and numbers blink on.
“This is where the learning curve comes in,” Navarro said. “Because gas is more predictable because you can see the flame. But with this, you have to see, okay, what's a four? A four is actually like mid range.”
And because the heat goes directly into the pan, the kitchen — and the burner itself — stays cool.
“So if you touch it, you could feel the pan is hot, but it's the pan,” Navarro demonstrated. “And then if you take it off, look…”
She touched the burner directly with her hand — it’s not hot. The burner will eventually get hot if it’s left on long enough, but it’s a lot safer than a gas stove.
They’re also super efficient and get to a precise temperature quickly. That means they can boil water in half the time of gas.
And another big perk? Navarro said they’re a lot easier to clean.
“My husband loves to cook on the weekends. The man loves to cook, but he does not know how to clean the stove,” she said with a chuckle. “And the nice thing about [the induction stove] is, you just have to wipe it. It's all even surface. I mean, honestly, that has been so fantastic.”
Sanchez with LACI said more access to environmentally cleaner appliances is an essential piece of the larger effort to unhook society from planet-heating fossil fuels like gas.
“We're trying to create healthier homes,” Sanchez said. “It's not an isolated thing that we're providing you this induction stove. This is part of a broader transition.”
As the state transitions its power grid to majority renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, electrifying homes and buildings will be key to actually lowering emissions. These appliances are also increasingly paired with battery storage (in fact, there are companies that already make induction stoves and other appliances with batteries), so they can help folks ride out power outages while lessening the demand on the broader grid.
Equity, Sanchez said, needs to be at center of the transition to cleaner energy. She's seen inequity firsthand — she grew up in Montebello, which has some of the worst air quality in the LA area.
“We need to rectify what's been done in the past,” she said. “Communities like the city that I grew up have been disproportionately affected by the air pollution from diesel trucks as well as polluting industries.”
For Navarro, while one induction stove may not seem like much in the face of massive polluting industries, she sees it as a brick in the foundation that’s needed to build a cleaner future for everyone.
And the induction stove was another step in her own family’s journey to create a more climate-friendly home. They already have solar, so they’re saving a lot on their electric bills. They have an electric and hybrid vehicle. They compost their food scraps.
I try to remember choices that I make will affect my kids' futures. One day I won't be here, but how is the world going to look for them?
Navarro joked now she’s just waiting for her washer, dryer and gas furnace to give out so they can go electric there too.
“Even if you're just doing one little part in your corner of the world, imagine if many people did their little part in their corner of the world,” Navarro said. “I just remind myself, there's certain things that I can control. I try to remember choices that I make will affect my kids futures. One day I won't be here, but how is the world going to look for them?”
The easiest way to find rebates for induction stoves in your area is by searching switchison.org. It’s the most comprehensive site available of vetted rebates and other financial incentives for everything from induction stoves to solar to electric vehicles.
Southern California Edison will also lend free induction cooktops to customers who are renters or homeowners.
Many city utilities also have rebates and lending programs for induction stoves and other appliances, including Burbank, Santa Monica, and Pasadena.
As for federal funding, the Biden Administration’s Inflation Reduction Act has awarded the state of California more than $580 million to help renters, homeowners and businesses transition to cleaner technology, including induction stoves, heat pumps and solar and storage. However, the state is still in the process of launching that program. The instant rebate program will be rolled out in phases, and is expected to launch this fall. You can stay updated on the process and submit public comments here.
You can also consider purchasing a single or double burner standalone induction cooktop, or “hob.” You can find those for around $100.
For more breakdown on available financial incentives, read our LAist guide. You can also read more of our efficient appliance coverage below:
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The Warner Bros. Discovery board announced late Thursday afternoon that Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the entire company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it had struck with Netflix for the purchase of its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.
What's next: Netflix says it is pulling out of the contest rather than try to top Paramount's offer. "We've always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid," the streaming giant said in a statement.
The context: Warner had rejected so many offers from Paramount that it seemed as though it would be a fruitless endeavor. Speaking on the red carpet for the BAFTA film awards last weekend, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos dared Paramount to stop making its case publicly and start ponying up cash.
The background: Paramount previously bid for all of Warner — including its cable channels such as CNN, TBS, and Discovery — in a deal valued at $108 billion. Earlier this week, Paramount unveiled a fresh proposal increasing its bid by a dollar a share.
Read on... for more on what to expect.
The Warner Bros. Discovery board announced late Thursday afternoon that Paramount's sweetened bid to buy the entire company is "superior" to an $83 billion deal it had struck with Netflix for the purchase of its streaming services, studios, and intellectual property.
Netflix says it is pulling out of the contest rather than try to top Paramount's offer.
"We've always been disciplined, and at the price required to match Paramount Skydance's latest offer, the deal is no longer financially attractive, so we are declining to match the Paramount Skydance bid," the streaming giant said in a statement.
Warner had rejected so many offers from Paramount that it seemed as though it would be a fruitless endeavor. Speaking on the red carpet for the BAFTA film awards last weekend, Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos dared Paramount to stop making its case publicly and start ponying up cash.
'If you wanna try and outbid our deal … just make a better deal. Just put a better deal on the table," Sarandos told the trade publication Deadline Hollywood.
Netflix promised that Warner Bros. would operate as an independent studio and keep showing its movies in theaters.
But the political realities, combined with Paramount's owners' relentless drive to expand their entertainment holdings, seem to have prevailed.
Paramount previously bid for all of Warner — including its cable channels such as CNN, TBS, and Discovery — in a deal valued at $108 billion. Earlier this week, Paramount unveiled a fresh proposal increasing its bid by a dollar a share.
On Thursday, hours before the Warner announcement, Sarandos headed to the White House to meet Trump administration officials to make his case for the deal.
The meetings, leaked Wednesday to political and entertainment media outlets, were confirmed by a White House official who spoke on condition he not be named, as he was not authorized to speak about them publicly.
President Trump was not among those who met with Sarandos, the official said.
While Netflix's courtship of Warner stirred antitrust concerns, the Paramount deal is likely to face a significant antitrust review from the U.S. Justice Department, given the combination of major entertainment assets. Paramount owns CBS and the streamer Paramount Plus, in addition to Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and other cable channels.
The offer from Paramount CEO David Ellison relies on the fortune of his father, Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison. And David Ellison has argued to shareholders that his company would have a smoother path to regulatory approval.
Not unnoticed: the Ellisons' warm ties to Trump world.
Larry Ellison is a financial backer of the president.
David Ellison was photographed offering a MAGA-friendly thumbs-up before the State of the Union address with one of the president's key Congressional allies: U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a Republican.
Trump has praised changes to CBS News made under David Ellison's pick for editor in chief, Bari Weiss.
The chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, told Semafor Wednesday that he was pleased by the news division's direction under Weiss. She has criticized much of the mainstream media as being too reflexively liberal and anti-Trump.
"I think they're doing a great job," Carr said at a Semafor conference on trust and the media Wednesday. As Semafor noted, Carr previously lauded CBS by saying it "agreed to return to more fact-based, unbiased reporting."
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Calling all people who love to snap pictures of nature: this year’s wildflower bloom at Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County is starting a little early.
What’s there? The ecological reserve around the lake grows a lot of colorful native flowers, like California poppies and red bush monkeyflowers. The 1.3-mile trail loop takes you through the wildflower bloom and gives you a peek at the drinking water reservoir.
How can I see it? The wildflower trail at the lake reopens Friday, Feb. 27. You can visit it Wednesdays through Sundays, from 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hours will be extended in about a week.
Know before you go: You will have to pay to use the wildflower trail. Access is $4 per person. If you drive, parking costs $11 (or $5 if you meet certain requirements).
Read on…. to learn about etiquette practices to keep the flowers safe.
Each spring, the land around Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County bursts into a vibrant array of native wildflowers. This year, it’s happening earlier than expected because of the recent rains.
The lake’s wildflower trail is scheduled to reopen this Friday, Feb. 27. Here’s what you should know before you go.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which manages the body of water in Hemet, says wildflower blooms are already dotting the hillsides around the ecological reserve at Diamond Valley Lake.
Think of a bright color wheel — that’s the kind of colorful blooms you’ll see. The hills grow orange California poppies, baby blue eyes, red bush monkeyflower and yellow tidy tips, to name a few. You’ll also get a peek at SoCal’s largest drinking water reservoir.
Known as the Judy Abdo Wildflower Trail, the 1.3 mile loop extends from the Lakeview Trail, close to the trail head and parking area. You can see a map here. The hike has some rugged terrain, but it’s rated as easy-to-moderate.
When you visit, don’t go too late! No entry is allowed after 3:30 p.m. Starting March 8, it’ll be open until 5:30 p.m. (with no entry after 4:30 p.m.).
You’ll have to pay $4 per person to use the wildflower trail. Parking costs $11 (or $5 if you’re: 62 years and older, a military member or a veteran).
Wildflower blooms are very popular in Southern California because of how beautiful (and Instaworthy) the scenery is, but you should tread cautiously.
About 10 years ago, Diamond Valley Lake’s trail had to be closed because crowds of visitors trampled the wildflowers. So when you visit, make sure to follow these etiquette tips so the bloom can be enjoyed by everyone.
Here's guidance from the California Botanic Garden on how to responsibly view the state's spectacular flower blooms:
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A mammoth solar farm is moving forward in the heart of California. If built, which seems increasingly likely, it would cover 200 square miles of land and generate 21,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power entire cities.
Farmers back the project: Farmers don't have enough water to grow crops on big chunks of their land, and they're looking for new uses for it. Westlands Water District, a farmer-run organization, is a key player in this effort, negotiating with solar companies and government regulators on behalf of its members.
About the solar farm: A solar developer called Golden State Clean Energy presented Westlands Water District with a master plan for a collection of vast solar projects. Patrick Mealoy, a partner at Golden State Clean Energy, says they had to propose a solar farm that would generate an enormous amount of power to make the case for new multibillion-dollar power lines to carry electricity from the San Joaquin Valley to Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. Mealoy says smaller proposed projects have stalled because they weren't big enough to justify building those power lines.
What's next: Getting the managers of California's electrical grid to approve construction of those transmission lines could be the project's biggest remaining hurdle. If built, the cost of those power lines, along with the benefits of greater electricity supply, eventually will show up in consumers' electricity bills.
A mammoth solar farm is moving forward in the heart of California. If built, which seems increasingly likely, it would cover 200 square miles of land and generate 21,000 megawatts of electricity, enough to power entire cities. Huge batteries will store some of that power until it's needed most.
Farmers are among the project's backers. They don't have enough water to grow crops on big chunks of their land, and they're looking for new uses for it.
"We're farmers, and we would rather farm the ground," says Ross Franson, president of Woolf Farming and Processing, his family's business. "If we had the water to do it, we would farm it. But the reality is, you don't. You have to deal with the cards you're dealt."
Franson is on the board of the Westlands Water District, a farmer-run organization that's a key player in this effort, negotiating with solar companies and government regulators on behalf of its members. Westlands is an agricultural power and has long represented the interests of farmers in a large swath of land on the western side of the San Joaquin Valley, between the towns of Firebaugh and Huron. Decades ago, it helped persuade the federal government to build a giant canal to deliver irrigation water to this area from rivers far away in Northern California.
Yet these farmers are now facing a new water crisis. The canal has been delivering less water in recent years because of droughts and competing claims on that water. Until recently, the farmers had a backup water supply: They could pump water from aquifers a thousand feet underground. Now, though, a new state law is coming into force that bans overpumping from the aquifer.
So farmers in Westlands have been leaving large chunks of land unplanted. Another large piece of land, now owned by the Westlands Water District itself, has been fallowed because irrigating it could release high levels of a mineral called selenium that can poison wildlife or people. The farmers, and the district, have been looking for new ways to put that land to use.
A solar developer called Golden State Clean Energy seized the opportunity. Several years ago, it presented Westlands Water District with a master plan for a collection of vast solar projects.
Patrick Mealoy, a partner at Golden State Clean Energy, says they had to propose a solar farm that would generate an enormous amount of power to make the case for new multibillion-dollar power lines to carry electricity from the San Joaquin Valley to Los Angeles and Silicon Valley. Mealoy says smaller proposed projects have stalled because they weren't big enough to justify building those power lines.
"In order to actually have solar be productive, you need size and scale, a mass of projects that support the necessary investment in high voltage transmission lines to collect the electrons and move them," Mealoy says.
Getting the managers of California's electrical grid to approve construction of those transmission lines could be the project's biggest remaining hurdle. If built, the cost of those power lines, along with the benefits of greater electricity supply, eventually will show up in consumers' electricity bills.
Franson says his immediate reaction to the proposal was "Yes, we need to do this." Negotiating the details and completing an environmental review took several years, but in December, the Westlands Water District's board voted to move ahead.
Golden State is the plan's architect, but other solar developers will build sections of it. Construction could take a decade. Even though the Trump administration has abolished some financial incentives for solar projects, Mealoy says it's still a solid business opportunity.
"The state needs it. It's permitted. It's the right place for it. I'm excited about this," he says.
Grace Wu, an environmental scientist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, says "this is a fantastic place for solar" because the fallowed farmland isn't high-value habitat for wildlife.
About 150 farmers within the Westlands Water District, including Jeremy Hughes, have signed up to put solar on some of their land. "We look at it as a new crop. We're harvesting electricity," Hughes says. The guaranteed income from those acres makes it possible to keep farming the rest of his land.
"Because of solar, we can continue farming in Westlands. It'll keep the farming community alive," says Jose Gutierrez, assistant general manager of Westlands Water District.
In the small towns nearby where many farmworkers live, however, there are worries that local residents won't see many benefits from the project. Among those towns is Huron, home to about 6,000 people. Rey León grew up here, working in his family's restaurant. Now he's the town's mayor.
"I'm worried about Huron," he says. This solar deal may be great for the landowners of Westlands, he says, but less farming means fewer jobs for people who worked in the fields and orchards. León wants some of the solar revenue to flow to this community for education and training, to help people find jobs in this new solar industry.
"We are shareholders," he says. "We kept these communities alive, these economies robust. There's no excuse to leave us out."
Westlands and Golden State Clean Energy have been discussing what they call a community benefits package, but officials haven't released any details.
Caity Peterson, at the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), says other farming communities in California may try to imitate what Westlands is doing. Because they, too, will have to stop pumping so much water from the ground as the new state law comes into force. "There's going to be some kind of right-sizing of agricultural land in the San Joaquin Valley," she says.
According to a study that PPIC carried out, farmers in the valley will have to stop growing crops on between 500,000 and 1 million acres. There will be a lot of dry, sunny land in California, just waiting for a solar developer.
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A truly Los Angeles twist on March Madness is back, but this year, Angelenos are invited to weigh in on the worst intersections in greater L.A.
Why it matters: Whether you feel personally victimized by the Virgil Avenue, Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards intersection by the Los Feliz border, which a city official called a “‘nightmare,” or break into anxious sweats every time you get in line for the Burbank Boulevard Costco — you can soon channel some of that frustration into a social media match-up.
The backstory: After Koreatown was voted as having the city’s worst parking last year, the latest competition run by Americana at Brand Memes on Instagram is upping the stakes with infamous intersections.
Why now: The anonymous account holder, who goes by Mr. Glen Dale, told LAist that the “One Bad Intersection After Another” bracket is designed to be a democratic process for people to collectively crown the worst in L.A. once and for all.
What's next: “No matter who wins, it's all bad,” Mr. Glen Dale said.
Read on ... for more on the March Madness-style bracket.
A truly Los Angeles twist on March Madness is back, but this year, Angelenos are invited to weigh in on the worst intersections in greater L.A.
Whether you feel personally victimized by the Virgil Avenue, Sunset and Hollywood Boulevards intersection by the Los Feliz border, which a city official called a “‘nightmare,” or break into anxious sweats every time you get in line for the Burbank Boulevard Costco — you can soon channel some of that frustration into a social media match-up.
After Koreatown was voted as having the city’s worst parking last year, the latest competition run by Americana at Brand Memes on Instagram is upping the stakes with infamous intersections.
The anonymous account holder, who goes by Mr. Glen Dale, told LAist the “One Bad Intersection After Another” bracket is designed to be a democratic process for people to collectively crown the worst in L.A. once and for all.
“No matter who wins, it's all bad,” Mr. Glen Dale said.
Voting kicks off this weekend, and the winner will be crowned by April.
The competition is divided into four rounds based on the general geographic area, with nine intersections in each round.
Starting Sunday, @americanaatbrandmemes will post the competitors on Instagram with a poll attached around 11 a.m. each day throughout March.
The polls will be open for 24 hours, and the intersection with the most votes will move on to the next round to face off against the others.
To complete this year’s lineup, Mr. Glen Dale again started with a list of his personal worst before turning to his followers for some suggestions.
The intersection of Harvey Drive and East Broadway toward the Glendale In-N-Out was a popular proposal, for example, but Mr. Glen Dale said he felt that may be too niche for the bracket.
“I tried not to narrow in too much on one area,” he said. “And then tried to use my own experience to be like, ‘Oh yes, these ones feel like hallmarks.’”
If your personal worst isn’t in the competition, you can also suggest an intersection in the comments by writing “WILDCARD: (your suggestion).” The suggestions with the most likes will be added to the competition, with a wildcard slot in each of the four rounds.
Some popular wildcard suggestions include the Cypress Park roundabout at Riverside Drive and San Fernando Road, the Glendale Boulevard and Riverside Drive intersection with the wonky left-turn lanes in Silver Lake, and for another year in a row — all of Koreatown.
“I always put [wildcards] in there because I'm always like there's something I'm not thinking of that someone's going to suggest,” Mr. Glen Dale said. “This is a fluid list, we could change it.”
The intersection voted as L.A.’s worst of the worst will be crowned on Americana At Brand Meme’s account by April 1.
The first round focuses on the “East Side-ish” of L.A., including Silver Lake, Highland Park, East L.A., Echo Park and Eagle Rock.
The rounds are broken up by “side-ish” so people can focus their debates on the intersections, not the geographic boundaries of the bracket, according to Mr. Glen Dale.
The options include:
Mr. Glen Dale said Avenue 50, which came up often in followers’ suggestions, could get its own bracket because the intersections in the area don’t seem to communicate with each other.
“You'll be sitting at a red light and seeing a green in front of you and being like, oh, when I get to that one it's going to be red,” he said. “But, you know, I ended up with York and 50 … [it] felt like a good representation of that street as a whole.”
The competition heads to Beverly Hills, Culver City, Westchester, Venice, Westwood Village and Brentwood for the second, “West Side-ish” round.
The options include:
“It will be the Beverly Hills 6 stop,” one Instagram commenter wrote. “It is known.”
The third, “Central LA-ish” round takes us into the heart of Hollywood, West Hollywood, the border of Miracle Mile and Carthay Circle as well as the border of Wilshire Center and the Dayton Heights neighborhood.
The options include:
The Los Angeles Times released a report this week ranking L.A.’s worst intersections based on traffic data, with the troublesome top spot going to Highland and Sunset in Hollywood.
Last but not least, the “Valley-ish,” which includes intersections in North Hollywood, Burbank, Studio City and Sherman Oaks.
This round also features my personal nemesis — Barham and Cahuenga boulevards.
I take this route relatively often to get from Burbank to West Hollywood and have to give myself a pep talk every time. The seemingly-constant congestion over the hill, driver confusion about what lanes lead where and people cutting into lines of cars just before a turn makes the experience feel like it takes years off my life.
The options include:
Mr. Glen Dale agreed with my assessment, describing the Barham Boulevard intersection as his “white whale.”
“I hate going through that intersection, and it's not even that it's scary like other ones where you don't know what's happening,” Mr. Glen Dale said. “No matter which way you're going, everyone is converging onto Barham, and it just creates this madness.”
But Lankershim / Vineland / Camarillo appears to be an early follower favorite, as one commenter wrote, it “takes 2-3 business days to get through” and another added, “I’m rioting if [the intersection] doesn’t win.”
