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This Week’s Featured Post:
Give Your Input on Monterey Park’s Garvey Ave Redesign
Take the city’s survey and help set priorities for the project’s proposed mix of improvements for cyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, and drivers.
By Chris Greenspon
September 2,

Top Headlines:
San Bernardino Nixes A Line Extension To Montclair (SGV Tribune)
Move Puts Long-Term Extension into Limbo (FGL Construction Authority, SBCTA, Claremont Courier)
Metro Doing Utility Work On NoHo-Pasadena BRT Project (MyBurbank)
The Garvey Ave. Capacity Improvement Survey in Monterey Park Is Still Open
Metro Internship For HS Students Interested In Transpo (SFV Sun)
CEQA Reform Allows Toxic Industries In Pollution Burdened Areas (Public Press)
New Book Relates Black History Of Altadena (Public Press)
COVID Rising Across California, Masks Urged (LAT)
It’s Hot, Heat Advisories Extended (KCAL)
As Temperatures Rise, SGV Schools Investing in Shade (EMCSD)

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

  • West Covina Has One Week Left to Feedback on Parks & Rec Master Plan
    by The Editorial Team
    August 12, 2026
    Responses so far have focused on youth sports and senior activities.
  • The 57/60 Confluence Construction is More Than Halfway Finished
    by The Editorial Team
    July 29, 2026
    The locally controlled freeway project continues to make impressive progress, but will it be complete before the Olympics?
  • Eyes on the Street: Grevelia Pocket Park
    by The Editorial Team
    July 1, 2026
    This park tucks a well-curated piece of green space into a nook of South Pasadena by the 110 Freeway.
  • Pasadena Passes Restorative Justice Elements for 710 Stub Plan
    by The Editorial Team
    June 24, 2026
    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.
  • SGV Connect 148: World Cup, 6-7 Edition
    by The Editorial Team
    June 12, 2026
    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.
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