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This Week’s Featured Posts:
SGV Connect Podcast 141: Foothill Transit’s New Route and the Legislative Session Comes to an End
A new Foothill Transit bus line does more than just serve the A Line stations, and a wrap of the last legislative session.
By Damien Newton and Chris Greenspon
Last Chance for Input on La Puente’s Housing Element Update
Take the survey: building rule changes allow for faster home development, including on church grounds, commercially zoned land, and to replace lost affordable housing
By Chris Greenspon


Top Headlines:
ICE Terror: ICE Returns To Monrovia Home Depot (L.A. Taco)
Pasadena To Sell 17 Caltrans 710 Freeway Homes (Pasadena Now)
Will Your Congressional District Change if Prop 50 Passes? (SGV Tribune)
Find Out More About the Rio Honda Restoration Project
Recapping Active SGV’s Active September (Active Blog)
L.A. Sheriff Dept. Announces Ped Safety Month (KCAL)
CA Drivers Licenses To Get New Features (KABC)
CA “Clean Air Vehicle” Benefits Ended (LAist)
It’s Walktober In Pasadena (Colorado Blvd)
Don’t Forget Walk/Bike to School Day on 10/8 (Pasadena Now)
South Pas Bike To School Day On October 10/7 (South Pasadenan)


And here’s some Streetsblog stories from around the country from the past week:

  • Wednesday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 26, 2026
    An increasingly sarcastic set of headlines perhaps heralds that I shouldn’t do them before coffee.
  • There’s One Week Left. Help Us Make Our Summer Goal
    by Damien Newton
    August 25, 2026
    We’re just under 3/4 of the way there with one week left. Help us pedal over the finish line!
  • Will Metro and Caltrans 405 Freeway Widening – through Carson – Really Mean Cleaner Air?
    by The Editorial Team
    August 25, 2026
    Metro and Caltrans plan to widen the 405, adding two more lane-miles in the city of Carson. Project draft environmental studies comments are due by September 21.
  • Two-Item Tuesday: SPUR Refutes ‘Flexed Spending’ Canard
    by The Editorial Team
    August 25, 2026
    Plus Woodstock has a crack and still isn’t back in service
  • State of the Ride: SDSU and Bike SD Report on the State of Bicycling in San Diego
    by The Editorial Team
    August 25, 2026
    San Diego has built hundreds of miles of bike infrastructure. But a new report finds that mileage alone doesn’t make a bike network safe, connected or useful for everyday riders.
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