As the city of Los Angeles continues to struggle to reduce traffic deaths, local officials are planning to use new cameras to detect speeding drivers. In a Thursday news conference, city leaders said that by the end of the year, cameras at 125 locations throughout the city will all be online. The first cameras will be operational by the end of October. Kavish Harjai reports.

As the city of Los Angeles continues to struggle to reduce traffic deaths, local officials are planning to use new cameras to detect speeding drivers.&nbsp;In a Thursday news conference, city leaders said that by the end of the year, cameras at 125 locations throughout the city will all be online. The first cameras will be operational by the end of October. Kavish Harjai reports.

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LA is installing hundreds of speed cameras. Here’s how the city will catch and fine risky drivers

A long-running court battle between California veterans and the Trump administration will continue, as federal officials consider asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court’s order to build more housing for unhoused L.A. veterans. A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to temporarily pause the order to construct more than 2,500 new housing units on the Veterans Affairs campus in West L.A. Destiny Torres reports.

A long-running court battle between California veterans and the Trump administration will continue, as federal officials consider asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a lower court&rsquo;s order to build more housing for unhoused L.A. veterans.&nbsp;A federal appeals court on Thursday agreed to temporarily pause the order to construct more than 2,500 new housing units on the Veterans Affairs campus in West L.A. Destiny Torres reports.

New housing for LA veterans put on hold as Trump admin considers appeal to Supreme Court

Recent storms have brought an epic run of big, surfable waves to Southern California. But they’ve also wreaked havoc on beaches, surfside homes and coastal infrastructure. The prospect of El Niño bringing even more volatile weather raises a serious question about the chosen venue for surfing at the 2028 Olympics: Will there still be a beach at Lower Trestles when the Games roll around? Jill Replogle reports.

Recent storms have brought an epic run of big, surfable waves to Southern California. But they&rsquo;ve also wreaked havoc on beaches, surfside homes and coastal infrastructure.&nbsp;The prospect of El Ni&ntilde;o bringing even more volatile weather raises a serious question about the chosen venue for surfing at the 2028 Olympics: Will there still be a beach at Lower Trestles when the Games roll around? Jill Replogle reports.

After El Niño, what will be left of LA’s Olympic surf venue?

Tommy Lefroy is the brainchild of singer-songwriters Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel, who are putting a literary spin on soft rock. They’re getting ready to release their first album, The Precariat, this month and have been teasing fans along the way, with their latest single “Vacuum” out Friday. They talk with LAist host Nereida Moreno about how economic anxiety inspired this album.

 

Tommy Lefroy is the brainchild of singer-songwriters Tessa Mouzourakis and Wynter Bethel, who are putting a literary spin on soft rock. They&rsquo;re getting ready to release their first album, The Precariat, this month and have been teasing fans along the way, with their latest single &ldquo;Vacuum&rdquo; out Friday. They talk with LAist host Nereida Moreno about how economic anxiety inspired this album.
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