For 12 years in a row, Taste of Soul has continued to provide all things soulful and be an economic driver in the Black community because of the chairs, co-chairs, partners and sponsors who support the event and its mission.      ... read more »

Metro again welcomes the community to the 13th annual Taste of Soul Family Festival, hosted by the Los Angeles Sentinel Newspaper and Danny Bakewell Sr. ... read more »

Metro announced today that it partnered with the Transportation Security Administration to deploy advanced portable passenger screening technology to help detect weapons and explosive devices that passengers may carry onto the transit system's trains and buses. ... read more »

Inglewood hopes to create public transportation linking Metro Crenshaw/ LAX Line to its new Sports and Entertainment District. ... read more »

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) will hold a Veterans Summer Slam Employment Fair on Friday, June 29 for military veterans but all job seekers are welcome to participate. ... read more / view event »

Metro is conducting a feasibility study to identify and evaluate a range of high-capacity rail transit alternatives between the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles International Airport, including connections to existing and planned bus and rail lines such as the Metro Orange, Purple and Expo Lines. ... read more / view event »

After four years of construction work on the Crenshaw/LAX Line’s three underground stations, work to restore and improve Crenshaw Boulevard could begin as early as June 15. The work will require three separate closures of parts of Crenshaw Boulevard between 48th Street and Exposition Boulevard.  ... read more »

The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) today released a new report titled “How to Pass a Mega Transportation Measure” to provide lessons learned to transportation agencies and other stakeholders considering pursuit of a ballot measure to increase local transportation funding. ... read more »

LA Metro and their partners, Watt Companies and West Angeles Community Development Corporation (CDC) lead a spirited yet tough ‘community workshop’ that turned into a town hall meeting with a group of diverse leaders and residents on Thursday at the West Angeles Church Crystal room. ... read more »

The career path of Ann E. Young has come full circle. Starting out as a teacher for six years, she switched to law enforcement for 35 years and then returned to education instructing college students. ... read more »

The County plans to build affordable housing and retail, as well a Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) transit plaza, preparatory boarding academy and training center on the site. Renderings for the project were released in February. ... read more »

Statement by Supervisor and Metro Board Member Mark Ridley-Thomas on the 710 Freeway ... read more »

Slaughter holds a Master of Science in Community and Regional Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in Government from the University of Texas at Austin. ... read more »

You are invited to attend the How to Do Business with Metro Workshop. This two-hour orientation and business workshop is held on the second Tuesday of each month and provides firms with information on Metro’s certification program, ... read more / view event »

As Metro continues to work with our partners at the Los Angeles Police Department on the investigation of a young woman being forcibly removed from a Metro subway train yesterday, I want to be clear about my position: We want our Customer Code of Conduct rules enforced, but I’m disappointed at the way the situation escalated. ... read more »