Which Way, L.A.?
LA Prepares for Pacific Coast Headache
Traffic that regularly brings the Westside to a halt is about get a lot worse for a long time. Projects to repair a sewer on PCH, replace the California Incline and bring light rail into the heart of Santa Monica all will be in full swing — simultaneously. Is one of America’s most livable areas about to become uninhabitable?
By Warren Olney • • 25m ListenTraffic that already brings the Westside to a halt on a regular basis to is about get a lot worse for a long time. Projects to repair a sewer on PCH, replace the California Incline and bring light rail into the heart of Santa Monica all will be in full swing — simultaneously. Is one of America’s most livable areas about to become uninhabitable?
Also, a new documentary shows how urban farmers forced UC Berkeley to revise plans for a commercial development on the shores of San Francisco Bay.
Photo: Pete Morris
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2 storiesLA's Westside Faces a Slow-Pocalypse
If you thought Westside traffic couldn't get any worse, it seems that public agencies are conspiring to achieve simultaneous disruption. The City of Santa Monica is about to start rebuilding the California Incline , which drops traffic down onto the Pacific Coast Highway.
Read the story19 min'Occupy the Farm' and the Fight to Grow Food
UC Berkeley had plans to transform two acres on the shore of San Francisco Bay from a research farm into a commercial development. Some 200 people had a different idea. They broke the padlock off the gate, planted crops of their own and braved the threat of arrest every day.
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