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Why driving an airport tug can be a dangerous job Opinion Larry Wilson USC makes an artistic move into the Pacific Asia Museum: Larry Wilson Steve Scauzillo We’re all wet on water guilt and the conservation picture Home → News → Transportation Green Festival’s electric skates, scooters, vehicles create buzz at Los Angeles Convention Center LOS ANGELES >> A red-cheeked Akshay Venugopalan jumped off the red Solar Electric Scooter and gave his buddies the thumbs up. The 17-year-old Diamond Bar High School student praised the smooth ride and easy handling. He figured the sun-pow... By Steve Scauzillo | 3 hrs ago Report: Bad roads cost Californians billions LOS ANGELES (AP) — Poorly maintained highways and major roads cost Californians an extra $44 billion each year in repairs, accidents and time and fuel burned in traffic, according to a report issued Thursday by a transportation advocacy group. JUSTIN PRITCHARD Associated Press | 1 day ago Transportation 57/60 freeway project gets $10 million grant; construction could begin next year Mass transit systems Cities supporting 60 Freeway light-rail route to spend $75,000 to hire law firm Traffic Southern California transportation leaders looking toward $2 billion cap-and-trade windfall MOST RECENT STORIES Automotive accidents Lagunitas beer truck crashes on 57 freeway embankment, spills beer GLENDORA >> A big rig hauling beer spilled its cargo after the truck driver lost control, ran off the southbound 57 Freeway and through the Auto Centre Drive onramp Tuesday. The solo crash took place shortly after 8 a.m. on the southbound 57 Freeway, south of Auto Centre Drive. California Highway Patrol Officer Rodrigo Jimenez said a tractor trailer was traveling around 55 mph when for reasons yet to be determined, it veered to the right. The big rig went through the... Ruby Gonzales | 2 days ago Aviation accidents and incidents Report: Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 likely downed by multiple impacts THE HAGUE, Netherlands >> Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was likely struck by multiple “high-energy objects from outside the aircraft,” causing it to break up over eastern Ukraine, a preliminary report into the deadly aviation disaster concluded Tuesday. The report by the Dutch Safety Board stopped short of saying the Boeing 777 was shot down by a missile but its findings point to that conclusion. It also did not say who might have been responsible. The Boeing... By Mike Corder The Associated Press | 3 days ago Boating accidents Body of Rowland Heights man pulled from Lake Havasu LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. >> Authorities say the body of a California man missing since Monday has been pulled from Lake Havasu. Mohave County Sheriff’s officials say deputies spotted the body of 53-year-old Felipe Murillo, of Rowland Heights, around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. They say Murillo’s body was located in the water in the North Basin off of Windsor State Park. Sheriff’s officials say there were no obvious signs of trauma on the body and foul play... The Associated Press | 5 days ago Plane crashes Mystery shrouds US couple’s crash off Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — A search-and-rescue operation resumed at first light Saturday off Jamaica’s northeast coast as crews hope to solve the mystery of a small private plane carrying a prominent upstate New York couple who were taken on a ghostly 1,700-mile journey after the pilot was apparently incapacitated at the controls. Maj. Basil Jarrett of the Jamaica Defense Force said early Saturday that possible wreckage of the high-performance plane was spotted Friday... DAVID MCFADDEN, Associated Press | 6 days ago Automotive accidents 11 hurt as bus crashes into San Francisco Bay area house RICHMOND, Calif. >> A commuter bus was hit by a stolen car and smashed into a San Francisco Bay area home as a mother and two small children sat inside Friday evening, sending 11 people to the hospital but none with serious injuries, police said. The driver of the stolen Honda learned he was being followed by police and sped up at about 6 p.m., police told the Contra-Costa Times. The AC Transit bus tried to get out of the way but clipped the car and smashed into the side of... The Associated Press | 6 days ago Plane crashes Plane with unresponsive pilot crashes off Jamaica KINGSTON, Jamaica — Shadowed by two U.S. fighter jets, a small plane with its windows frosted and its pilot slumped over flew a ghostly 1,700-mile journey down the Atlantic Coast and beyond Friday before finally crashing in the waters off Jamaica. The fate of the two or more people aboard was not immediately known. Maj. Basil Jarrett of the Jamaican Defense Force said the plane went down about 14 miles (22 kilometers) northeast of the coastal town of Port Antonio and the... DAVID MCFADDEN Associated Press | 1 week ago Automotive accidents Northbound 710 closed briefly in East Los Angeles for overturned SUV EAST LOS ANGELES - All northbound lanes of the Long Beach (710) Freeway in East Los Angeles were closed for a time early today by an overturned, abandoned SUV. The SUV was reported on its side in the No. 3 lane of the freeway near East Cesar E. Chavez Avenue around 2 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol online incident log. CHP Officer Peter Bishop said officers have been checking nearby hospitals and other addresses for the driver of the vehicle. The northbound... City News Service | 1 week ago Transportation Southern California leaders to call for transit system reforms Southern California transit officials and leaders are converging in Anaheim today to talk about ways to revamp the region’s transportion systems. The Mobility 21 Summit will seek strategies to develop regionally connected transportation systems with a goal of reducing time spent in traffic and to increase transit options for the public. According to a news release, leaders plan to call on legislators for reforms and innovations to make improvements to Southern... | 1 week ago Local governments Why Walnut opposes a Mt. SAC parking structure WALNUT >> Opponents of a proposed 2,200-space, five-level parking garage at Mount San Antonio College have gained a powerful ally: City Hall. What started with one member of the City Council having some concerns in July grew into full-fledged opposition last week by the entire council to the construction of a concrete garage directly across from the... Steve Scauzillo | 1 week ago Port operation Dive teams at Long Beach, Los Angeles ports comb the depths for bombs, victims, murder weapons LONG BEACH >> From the surface, only air lines indicated that two divers had plunged feet-first into the murky waters of the Port of Long Beach. But Long Beach police Sgt. Steve Smock could see them from his perch aboard a police boat with the help of a computer tablet that can track the whereabouts and vital signs of up to six divers as they search for anything from murder weapons to bodies. The tablet also monitors the environment around the divers, including water... 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