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Welcome to the new format for the SGV Connect Newsletter. A quick note on the new format: first we’ll be posting a headlines stack similar to the “Today’s Headlines” you see at Streetsblog Every morning. Below that, we’ll have the Streetsblog stories that are most relevant to the San Gabriel Valley community from the past week. I hope you enjoy the new format and find it useful.
This week’s Headlines: Containment of Fires Improves, With Improved Weather (LAT, KCAL) How Climate Change Worsened So. Cal. Wildfires (LAT, L.A. Progressive) Fires Worsen L.A. Housing Crisis (Capital & Main) Pasadena Transit Bus Drivers Rushed To Save 100s of Seniors (KCAL) California Withdraws Clean Air Regulations Due To Anticipated Federal Resistance (LAist) Pasadena Transit Overhaul Draft to be Discussed This Week (Pasadena Now) Altadena Cycling Leader Dot Wong Tells Some of Her Story (Pasadena Now) Supreme Court Rules Against Oil Industry Push To Block Climate Lawsuits (LAT)
City council enthusiastically approved restitution for those displaced by the freeway, but questions linger about who may qualify and how the money will be raised.
In this special World Cup edition of SGV Connect, Damien Newton talks with Foothill Transit Communications Director Felicia Friesema about how transit agencies across Los Angeles County are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
This park tucks a well-curated piece of green space into a nook of South Pasadena by the 110 Freeway.
City council enthusiastically approved restitution for those displaced by the freeway, but questions linger about who may qualify and how the money will be raised.
In this special World Cup edition of SGV Connect, Damien Newton talks with Foothill Transit Communications Director Felicia Friesema about how transit agencies across Los Angeles County are preparing for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.
