It’s less than a half-inch long but it can fell a giant oak tree in no time. The goldspotted oak borer, GSOB or Agrilus auroguttatus, is a 0.4-inch bullet-shaped beetle with six golden spots on its forewings, and it burrows its way into mature oak trees, cutting off a tree’s water and nutrients and leaving … Read more
Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath, left, joins a Metro tour of the not yet completed Metro D (Purple) Line’s Wilshire/Fairfax station on Tuesday, April 2, 2024 in Los Angeles. Metro has completed the tunneling of the D (Purple) Line Subway Extension Project connecting downtown and West L.A. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily … Read more
Transit officials in Southern California reported incidents of buses avoiding standing water and fallen trees and some train delays, but overall the public transportation system is operating fairly well in the midst of a multi-day, torrential storm that is dropping record amounts of precipitation. With dozens of canyon roadways closed, and a mudslide closing off … Read more
After 1,200 name submissions and nearly 4,500 votes from the public, LA Metro’s poorly-named “West Santa Ana Branch” light-rail project, which will take riders from Artesia to Los Angeles — not to Santa Ana or Orange County — got a new name on Monday, Jan. 22. The Southeast Gateway Line was born amid shouts of … Read more
From a major freeway shutdown to the opening of carpool lanes and two new passenger rail lines, the transportation picture in Southern California saw some notable changes in 2023. Since 21 million residents are fragmented by barriers, mostly by geography, but also by the daily blockages created by soul-stealing traffic, not everyone will have noticed … Read more
What makes the six self-built floats of the 2024 Rose Parade, err, different from the rest? Well, there are no corporate sponsors. This classification means these floats are financed, constructed and decorated completely by volunteers. Usually, the float design is the brain child of a local resident. Oh, let’s not forget fundraising, a key aspect … Read more
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