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Electric vehicle drivers' free rides in LA toll lanes are ending. Here's why

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Meghan McCarty Carino | Trying to reduce congestion with tolls and encouraging electric vehicles in the same lanes has slowed down traffic. The issue highlights a policy clash.

Highway 1 could reopen in Big Sur this September

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The opening date will be continuously evaluated and the next update will be in July, according to Caltrans.

Historic downtown LA hotel will become homeless housing for chronically ill

KPCC Staff |

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has bought the King Edward Hotel, located on the edge of Skid Row.

Fiery LA freeway big rig crash injures 3

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Authorities say a truck loaded with concrete and gravel hit a car shortly before 3 p.m. Monday on northbound Interstate 405 in the busy Sepulveda Pass area.

Surfing Padre, known for blessing waves, dies

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Reverend Christian Mondor, who wore a wetsuit under his clerical robe and presided over an annual Blessing of the Waves, died this week.

It's all fun and board games during International Tabletop Day

Beidi Zhang | Take Two® |

The Game Haus board game cafe has more than 1,700 games to choose from. Customers pay for a seat and often play for hours.

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CERT training prepares Long Beach for the big one

Audrey Alden | Take Two® |

Do you know what to do in a disaster? Long Beach CERT trains regular citizens to be first responders in an emergency.

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Could a gondola to Dodger Stadium solve traffic woes? That's LA mayor's pitch

Take Two® |

The company behind the proposal wants to create a zero-emission transit line up to Dodger Stadium. It's not the first time the idea has come up.

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Truck crash on 210 Freeway blocks lanes, halts Gold Line service in Pasadena

KPCC Staff |

Metro suspended train service between its Memorial Park and Allen stations and has brought in buses to get passengers on their way.