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The eight-mile gap in the LA River bike path downtown has a billion-dollar problem
Someday, you might be able to ride a bike from the western San Fernando Valley to Long Beach along the Los Angeles River. But not yet. The longest unfinished stretch is the eight miles from Elysian Park through downtown to Maywood. For decades, advocates of the path have tried to complete those eight miles along the concretized river. Yet a decade later, the unrideable gap remains.
The eight-mile gap in the L.A. River bike path downtown has a billion-dollar problem
2:51 3 hours ago US, Los Angeles: Downtown Los Angeles Man Shot in The Head Outside Large Party. StringersHub • 3h Los Angeles, United States - August 10, 2026 08/09/2026 11:05 pm GMT-0700 DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, Calif. – Los Angeles police responded this evening to reports of two men shooting at each other at the intersection of Santee Street and East Olympic Boulevard. When officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot in the head. The incident occurred during a large party.
Why a plan to filter bacteria from the Arroyo Seco is facing fierce opposition Original
Between South Pasadena and Highland Park is a tiny wilderness of Mexican fan palms and even some oak trees. Some locals say they love it the way it is, graffiti, fire hazard and all. But the city of Pasadena says it needs the place to filter out E. coli bacteria and zinc pollution that ruin water quality in the Arroyo Seco, which then flows into the L.A. River.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
LOS ANGELES — Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
LOS ANGELES - Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
A hummingbird perches on a bird of paradise bloom on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS) LOS ANGELES - Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
A hummingbird perches on a bird of paradise bloom on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS) LOS ANGELES - Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
LOS ANGELES - Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
A hummingbird perches on a bird of paradise bloom on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS) LOS ANGELES - Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
A hummingbird perches on a bird of paradise bloom on Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times/TNS) LOS ANGELES - Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why. So they looked at changes in air pollution, light pollution, summer heat and eight other environmental and demographic conditions that affect birds.
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
1 day ago A bald eagle believed to be Jackie, star of a Big Bear nest cam, is in stable condition at a rehabilitation center after being rescued over the weekend, according to the nonprofit behind the livestream. Responding to a call for help, a team with the San Dimas Raptor Rescue arrived around 1:30 a.m. …
Some birds defy overall plunge in bird numbers
LOS ANGELES — Bird multitudes are slipping away on a global scale, but a new study offers hope for how we can be better neighbors to feathered friends. Researchers at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo knew, like everyone else in the bird world, that 3 billion birds have been lost in the last half century, but they wanted to know more about why.
After Trump axed federal employees running climate site, thousands crowdfund its comeback
Federal employees who were axed during waves of cuts by the Trump administration have fought back against the dismantling of a key climate science website, Climate.gov, and put up a new site, Climate.us, that can now do everything the original did. The site, with millions of users each year, was known for colorful charts that anyone could freely download and that simplified giant sets of data, such as temperature readings. Now it refers to another page and is no longer being updated.
Water from Boyle Heights warehouse fire carries foam into LA River, sparks testing
LOS ANGELES - All the water unleashed onto the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights - some of it 480 gallons at a time by helicopter - had to end up somewhere. That somewhere is the Los Angeles River.
Water from Boyle Heights warehouse fire carries foam into LA River, sparks testing
LOS ANGELES - All the water unleashed onto the warehouse fire in Boyle Heights - some of it 480 gallons at a time by helicopter - had to end up somewhere. That somewhere is the Los Angeles River. Los Angeles Fire Department crews ripped through 50-foot walls filled with foam insulation to get to the building's steel skeleton and its storage racks. Charred chunks of foam have been floating from the burn site , partially blocking storm drains.
As World Cup fans pour into LAX, long-awaited people mover train struggles with delays
With thousands of FIFA World Cup spectators now streaming into the City of Angels, officials at Los Angeles International Airport had initially hoped to greet travelers with a fully functioning electric train that would run high above the airport's chaotic traffic loop and whisk passengers to a shiny new transportation center.
Health concerns mount as Boyle Heights warehouse fire stretches into a week
LOS ANGELES - Tens of thousands of people in southeast Los Angeles County have been engulfed in a dense cloud of smoke for nearly a week as a fire continues to tear through a massive refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights. Toxic air has covered the San Gabriel Valley and beyond at times, as the fire continues to burn and the wind shifts the pall in different directions. People have reason to be concerned about their loved ones breathing in the plume, experts say.
Health concerns mount as Boyle Heights warehouse fire stretches into a week
Tony Briscoe, Kori McNair, Mack Baysinger Tue, June 23, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People cover their faces from the smoke caused by the nearby Lineage Logistics cold storage warehouse fire on Monday. Tens of thousands of people in southeast Los Angeles County have been engulfed in a dense cloud of smoke for nearly a week as a fire continues to tear through a massive refrigerated warehouse in Boyle Heights.
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