Scott Garner

Neighborhood activists have succeeded in forcing the MTA to tone down the warning bells at crossings along the Gold Line route through South Pasadena. Their win in administrative court means the MTA must cut decibel levels on the electronic bell simulators (that's right, fake bells) from their current level of between 85 and 90 (about as loud as a garbage disposal) to somewhere around 75 dbs (an older window A/C unit). We wish the...

Neighborhood activists have succeeded in forcing the MTA to tone down the warning bells at crossings along the Gold Line route through South Pasadena. Their win in administrative court means the MTA must cut decibel levels on the electronic bell simulators (that's right, fake bells) from their current level of between 85 and 90 (about as loud as a garbage disposal) to somewhere around 75 dbs (an older window A/C unit). We wish the...

The MTA has done a lot of bonehead things, and in this space we have enumerated many of them (but not all, not by a longshot), perhaps to the point of losing sight of those things the MTA gets right. One of those things is the MTA's decision 11 years ago to shift to buying only Alternative Fuel Vehicles for their bus fleet. That decision has, according to the MTA, paid off in removing...

The MTA has done a lot of bonehead things, and in this space we have enumerated many of them (but not all, not by a longshot), perhaps to the point of losing sight of those things the MTA gets right. One of those things is the MTA's decision 11 years ago to shift to buying only Alternative Fuel Vehicles for their bus fleet. That decision has, according to the MTA, paid off in removing...

Remember Measure A? The one that would have raised taxes to hire more law enforcement officers in LA County? The one that Sheriff Lee Baca pushed hard for, warning of a crime apocalypse on city streets if the proposition failed? Turns out that Measure A may have been nothing more than an attempt by the County to stave off a bitter battle with its law enforcement officers over wage and pension issues. The Association...

Remember Measure A? The one that would have raised taxes to hire more law enforcement officers in LA County? The one that Sheriff Lee Baca pushed hard for, warning of a crime apocalypse on city streets if the proposition failed? Turns out that Measure A may have been nothing more than an attempt by the County to stave off a bitter battle with its law enforcement officers over wage and pension issues. The Association...

Today is World AIDS Day, and our community, along with other cities around the world, will mark this day of remembrance in a variety of ways: - The City of West Hollywood will be commemorating World AIDS Day with a candlelight vigil tonight, on Santa Monica Boulevard at Crescent Heights. After the vigil, the city will present the Paul Andrew Starke Warrior Award, which honors a volunteer or employee of agencies which provide AIDS...

Today is World AIDS Day, and our community, along with other cities around the world, will mark this day of remembrance in a variety of ways: - The City of West Hollywood will be commemorating World AIDS Day with a candlelight vigil tonight, on Santa Monica Boulevard at Crescent Heights. After the vigil, the city will present the Paul Andrew Starke Warrior Award, which honors a volunteer or employee of agencies which provide AIDS...

The battle over the Orange Line continues unabated, as Valley NIMBY's have now accused the MTA of cooking the numbers in their court-ordered EIR on potential Orange Line alternatives. The study, which Citzens Organized for Smart Transit (COST) forced upon the MTA after getting a sympathetic judge to block construction on the nearly completed line last summer, unsurprisingly (and to the great chagrin of NIMBY's) shows the Orange Line to be a more effective...

The battle over the Orange Line continues unabated, as Valley NIMBY's have now accused the MTA of cooking the numbers in their court-ordered EIR on potential Orange Line alternatives. The study, which Citzens Organized for Smart Transit (COST) forced upon the MTA after getting a sympathetic judge to block construction on the nearly completed line last summer, unsurprisingly (and to the great chagrin of NIMBY's) shows the Orange Line to be a more effective...