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Chief Bill Scott, in an interview with LAist, did not discount the recruitment challenges affecting law enforcement nationwide.
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Police say the teen driver was speeding in a Lamborghini SUV when he crashed into Monique Muñoz's car, killing her. He'd been recently cited for unsafe driving.
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A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the ACLU, which argued that, in the wrong hands, the data could be weaponized against marginalized communities.
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The two-phase pilot would start in January 2022 and run to June 2023. Then Metro’s leaders could decide to continue or expand free transit to more riders and services.
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Less than a quarter-mile of the high-traffic Robertson Boulevard will be closed to cars for 32 hours over the weekend. City staff will study the program and could decide to expand it.
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Where (And Why) LA Metro Is Exploring 'Congestion Pricing' (AKA Making You Pay To Use Certain Roads)Metro officials say charging drivers to travel on certain roads at certain times would reduce congestion by incentivizing commuters to seek alternative travel options.
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Washington pushed progressive ideas for regional transit as rail expanded, bus ridership plummeted and the pandemic gutted vital funding.
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Alessa Fajardo's family and local safety advocates had been calling for improvements since the young girl was killed by a driver while walking to school in 2019.
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In October 2019, Alessa Fajardo was killed by a driver while walking to her preschool. Her family is still waiting for the driver to be held accountable — and for the city of Los Angeles to make their neighborhood streets safer.
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Not even a life-altering pandemic made the streets notably safer for Angelenos. While there were fewer collisions overall in 2020, crashes were more deadly.
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A preschooler was killed while walking to school with her mother in Koreatown. Who is responsible?
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The long-held assumptions about law enforcement's roles in traffic safety are being challenged. What could that mean for Angelenos walking and biking on L.A.'s deadly streets?
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Speed kills, but speed limits in L.A. and across California keep rising because of a state law local leaders have called "absurd."
