The Metro family joins the greater L.A. region in mourning the death of Sandra Shells, 70, a veteran nurse at Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center who died Sunday from injuries suffered in an attack last week at a bus stop near Union Station. To honor Sandra Shells, Metro tonight and [continue reading]
A virtual public meeting on Wednesday evening for Metro’s Traffic Reduction Study was interrupted by an attendee who briefly posted racist and offensive material on the screen during a slide presentation. Metro strongly condemns the racist and offensive material posted and apologizes to those in attendance at the meeting. The [continue reading]
In October, Metro published a blog post explaining that Metro had become aware that some N95 masks in the agency’s possession were of questionable quality. Metro subsequently pulled those masks from its inventory and stopped issuing them to employees. As we said at the time, Metro would investigate the origin [continue reading]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak in March, public agencies around the world have scrambled to procure face masks to protect frontline employees and members of the public. It hasn’t been easy, as stiff competition for a limited supply of masks, particularly N95 masks that have rightly been prioritized for health [continue reading]
Traxx Restaurant: if you walked through Union Station today you may have noticed that Traxx restaurant and its bar have closed. Here is Metro’s statement: Metro is disappointed by Tara [continue reading]
•Metro has apologized after a contractor painted over extensive graffiti that had vandalized and concealed a mural from the 1984 Olympics along the 110 freeway in DTLA, according to LAist. The [continue reading]
The lawsuit was brought by seven cities (Carson, Commerce, Norwalk, Torrance, Santa Fe Springs, Ranchos Palos Verdes and Signal Hill), alleging the language in the sales tax ballot measure language was misleading. A Superior Court judge today rejected their petition. From Metro: Metro is appreciative of the court’s ruling today. For [continue reading]
