A 33-year old woman suffered severe injuries and died at the scene, while the 32-year old man she was riding with was hospitalized with major injuries.
There is no word on how the crash occurred, or why the driver apparently failed to see two adults riding bicycles. However, police don’t suspect the driver of being under the influence.
Police believe the victims may have been homeless, which raises the possibility they may not have had lights on their bikes, though wheel reflectors can be seen in video from the crash scene.
And whether or not they were housed should not, and does not, lesson the tragedy in any way.
There is a painted bike lane with a narrow buffer in both directions on Ramsey, with nothing to slow drivers on the long, straight roadway at that hour.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Traffic Bureau of the Banning Police Department at 951/922-3170.
This the 24th bicycling fatality that I’m aware of in Southern California this year, and the third in San Diego County.
Which means someone has been killed riding a bicycle in Southern California an average of every three-and-a-half days since the first of the year.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victims and all their family and loved ones.
Except CD4 Councilmember Nithya Raman currently has the support of just 17% of eligible voters. Which means that Bass’ seemingly insurmountable lead after four years in office is based on only has 25% support.
And over half of the electorate has a negative opinion of her, making the race anyone’s to claim at this point.
The kickoff for the campaign was Monday’s first debate, sponsored by Streets for All and Housing Action Coalition. Although Bass and reality TV star Spencer Pratt, in third place with 14%, apparently couldn’t be bothered to attend.
Or maybe she was just off on another diplomatic mission, like she was when a large section of the city burned to the ground last year.
Adam Miller, founder of a homelessness nonprofit and self-described lifelong Democrat, said the city is “broken,” physically and figuratively.
Nithya Raman, an L.A. city councilwoman, said the city is “challenged.”
Rae Huang, a Presbyterian minister, community organizer and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, said L.A. needs “new and fresh leadership.”
Apparently, the other 35 candidates qualified for the June primary were also otherwise occupied. Or maybe they just weren’t invited, since their combined support could be listed on the back of a postage stamp.
You know, those sticky things you used to put on snail mail to make it go places.
LA Public Pressoffers five takeaways from the debate, including a reminder that Nithya Raman has a masters in urban planning from MIT, adding to her urbanist bona fides.
You can watch the full debate below.
Please enjoy that photo of a bass by Gio Spigo from Pexels up there on the left, since Mayor Bass didn’t bother to show up for the debate.
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Meanwhile, Mayor Bass’ insisted that her stance on the Northern Extension of the K Line is being misrepresented, and she’s really a big ol’ supporter of extending the line.
Except, as Streets For All points out, her support is actually a delaying tactic, calling for extending the line while offering an amendment to approve it without selecting a final alignment, even though it has already been studied to death.
And even though that will just lead to more delays, and a loss of funding.
Apparently, she learned a lot during her time in Washington. Like how to take both sides of an issue.
Must-read great breakdown from Streets For All on how Bass’s reaction tweet last night saying “I’m full steam ahead on the K line” is false. Her draft amendment will lead to delays!! https://t.co/ke2lsdfW2Mpic.twitter.com/YLk1Ev5cfA
CicLAvia hosted a recent discussion on the state of open streets in the Los Angeles area, as Metro wants to tie all upcoming events to this summer’s World Cup and the ’28 LA Olympics.
Be part of the movement—advocate for the resources and policies to support open streets.
Ride with us to Whittier Narrows BMX for a live demo, a closer look at the official BMX pump track, and a free one-day pass to try it yourself. It’s a fun way to explore the Emerald Necklace and check out a one-of-a-kind local destination.
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is warning parents after a group of kids rode electric motorbikes through a Santee neighborhood performing “dangerous pranks” that they described as “doorbell ditching,” or what we called “ding-dong ditch” back in the Dark Ages. Although granted, no one was riding an overpowered virtual motorcycle or likely to get shot by a frightened homeowner back in the day.
Portland, Oregon is launching a $20 million ebike rebate program offering up to $1,600 for standard ebikes and $2,350 for cargo ebikes. Which compares favorably to Los Angeles, where a nonexistent ebike voucher program provides eligible recipients absolutely nothing.
Former Olympic and world time trial champ Grace Brown says she’s glad she got out of the sport alive, arguing that UCI’s “extreme” focus on safety regulations hasn’t kept the peloton from getting more dangerous, as the high speed women’s Milan-Sanremo crash demonstrated.
Including one genius who tried tailgating him in a painted bike lane, apparently annoyed that anyone would have the temerity to ride a bicycle in what’s clearly intended as a traffic bypass lane for impatient motorists.
One more reminder to stay safe out there, because there are always angry, dangerous idiots behind some, if not most, of those steering wheels.
And bonus points for having the exceptional good taste to post his video to the Dropkick Murphys.
He died after both men were hospitalized in critical condition.
Needless to say, he shouldn’t have been there on the bike path to begin with. But I would guess most of us have encountered people on dirt bikes and/or motorbikes illegally using SoCal bike paths and bike lanes at one time or another.
Mary Fong Lau was sentenced to probation and 200 hours of community service, with no jail time or home vacation confinement, for the deaths of 40-year old Diego Cardoso de Oliveira and his wife, 38-year old Matilde Moncada Ramos Pinto, their one-year-old son Joaquim Ramos Pinto de Oliveira, and three-month-old Cauê Ramos Pinto de Oliveira as they waited at a bus stop.
San Francisco superior court judge Bruce Chan let Lau walk despite a petition with over 8,000 signatures urging him to impose “meaningful consequences proportionate to the gravity of this crime.”
Chan has already announced his retirement, rather than face angry voters at the polls.
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Apparently, parking spaces — not human lives — are what’s precious in WeHo.
Sigh. People’s lives are precious too ya know. @wehocity.bsky.social
Clearly, if we want a train line that serves everyone, we’re going to have to fight for it at Metro’s meeting Thursday.
“At the same time, a small contingent of homeowners in an historic Mid City neighborhood continue to reject Metro’s assurances, backed by years of studies and history, that the train and its construction will have minimal, if any, effect on their lives.”https://t.co/fWWddQ3m0T
When it’s time to have “the talk” with your kid’s, tell ’em this is where road signs come from.
Although I’d say Bikes OK is a major understatement.
Ever wonder where street signs come from? Our sign shop produces 3,000–5,000 signs every year to help keep streets organized, drivers informed, and traffic moving safely. pic.twitter.com/Xd0jDRvcXw
Active SGV is hosting a Baldwin Park walk audit this Saturday.
This Saturday, we’re hosting a walk audit starting at Walnut Creek Nature Park. Walk the corridor with us, share your feedback, and help identify changes that could improve comfort, access, and everyday use. RSVP: https://t.co/eyvBsBZjKspic.twitter.com/AVV2iKzqem
Seven dogs stolen from their owners have gone viral after escaping from an illegal transport truck and making their way home.
They traveled around 17 km together, led by a corgi across highways and fields, now safely back with their respective owners..🐶🐾🥺❤️ pic.twitter.com/H5VB9BQkGB
The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
A Wisconsin man stands accused of using his pickup as a weapon by driving off the roadway onto a separated bike path to intentionally ram and kill someone riding a bicycle; he was detained after also ramming a couple patrol cars at the local police station, before officers even knew about the fatal hit-and-run.
A man riding a bicycle in the Philippines suffered severe injuries when he got into an argument with a road-raging motorcyclist who kept honking at him, then deliberately sideswiped him when the victim took out his phone to take a picture of the motorbike rider; he was then struck by a tricycle coming from the opposite direction.
But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department conducted a crackdown on illegal ebike usage in Agoura Hills, Calabasas and Westlake Village, citing 23 riders for illegal activity, towing seven illegal or illegally ridden ebikes, and arresting one ebike rider for fleeing a traffic stop. Which makes it seem like they weren’t even trying; I could have done more than that without leaving the steps of my Hollywood apartment building.
Simi Valley approved a new bike plan, which “identifies proposed bike paths, bike lanes and bike routes, along with intersection improvements and a prioritized list of projects based on safety, feasibility and funding potential.” Which, as any veteran of the Los Angeles bike plan wars can tell you, is bureaucrat speak for most of them will probably never, ever be built.
No bias here. The California/New York Post cites “alarming” ebike stats as proof of the that “chaos” New York Mayor Mamdani is unleashing on the city’s hapless citizenry, after four people were killed and less than 100 injured by ebikes in the city last year, while 16 ebike riders were killed. Just wait until someone tells them about cars.
International
Momentumdeservedly busts ten myth about bicycling, from only rich white guys ride bikes, to the perennial classic that bike riders don’t pay for the roads they ride.
Bikes are booming again in Cuba, as local residents cope with fuel shortages resulting from the Trump administration’s blockage of oil shipments to the island, revealing the resilience of the local population.
A writer for Bike Radar says riding was a dream in the UK following the 2012 London Olympics, but the dark days of angry road-hogging drivers are back. Which suggests maybe we could have a few good years after the ’28 LA Olympics. But I wouldn’t count on it.
Spanish cyclist Javier Romo grabbed American pro Matteo Jorgenson by the neck and verbally threatened him outside the Visma-Lease a Bike bus on Saturday after Jorgenson made an off-camera move to improve his third place position Italy’s Tirreno-Adriatico.
A number of the top riders in the womens peloton were caught up in a crash of the descent that saw riders go over the guardrail in a horror fall.#SanremoWomen | March 21 | SBS VICELAND + SBS On Demand pic.twitter.com/WWuTvoUBqO
Ackerman’s needless death in a hit-and-run while riding his bike home from work occurred exactly where the protected bike lane would have gone in years before, if not for the endless debate over the project.
And that had seemed to seal the decision to move forward with the project.
Although most of the article is devoted to a recap of September’s debate. And none of that recap even mentions Ackerman, or anyone else killed or injured on or near the deadly street.
According to the paper, the overall message from the people attending the meeting was “put the project on hold until the serious questions get answered.”
Even though it’s been on hold for years, while people continue to die and get injured.
Among those are the ongoing concerns over parking, as well as worries that property values for homeowners will drop — even though studies have repeatedly shown that property values usually increase along either side of a corridor after a Complete Streets project goes in.
And even though the meeting was packed with project opponents because most of the larger community didn’t even know about the meeting, because the project had already been approved six months earlier, and no action was to be taken at the meeting.
As I read the story, though, I also wondered if the opposition voiced at the meeting would have been so overwhelming if the friends and family of Blake Ackerman had been aware of it. Never mind the safety advocates and the larger bicycling community.
The paper pointed to an upcoming May or June meeting, the exact date still to be determined, when a contract to build the protected bike lanes is set to be approved.
It’s clear we’ll have to come back once again then to defend, and fight for, a project to save lives on the deadly corridor.
Because that seems to have been completely ignored at Wednesday’s meeting. And likely will be again if we don’t show up in force when the final contract gets approved.
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Streets For All sent out a notice about what’s missing from the Westside Cities Council of Governments recent announcement of plans for bus lanes throughout the Westside.
Namely, safe ways to get to them.
The Westside Cities Council of Governments is moving forward with a plan to make buses faster and more reliable on some of the region’s busiest corridors! But right now, the plan is missing something fundamental: how people actually get to transit. There are still no safe, continuous north-south bike connections linking these corridors to the broader system — including the E Line and D Line.
This means a lot of people are stuck driving to transit. We can fix that – WSCCOG needs to hear from you telling them to include bicycle facilities in these plans.
HOW YOU CAN HELP
🏛️ BEST: Show up in person and make public comment
Wednesday, March 25 (6–8pm)
West Hollywood Park Aquatics Center
8750 El Tovar Pl
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Saturday, March 28 (9:30–11:30am)
Culver City Senior Center
4095 Overland Ave
Culver City, CA 90232
Thanks to Andrew for pointing me to this recent video from Los Angeles mayoral candidate Nithya Raman, after I had posted online that I won’t vote for anyone who doesn’t commit to implementing Measure HLA, as well as recommitting the city to Vision Zero.
This may not be the ironclad commitment I have been looking for, but it’s pretty damn close. And we can push her for that commitment if she wants to be mayor.
There were more traffic deaths than homicides in 2025. I’m running to make LA streets safer for everyone!
Dr. Grace Peng, who lives and rides in the South Bay, offers recap of a recent bike trip.
You can click through for the rest of the story. But for today, we’re going to focus on wha passes for bike safety infrastructure in far too much of Los Angeles, and Southern California in general, with only a thin stripe of white paint to protect bike riders from traffic limited to 55 mph.
Never mind that we all know many, if not most, motorists exceed the posted speed limit, whether by a little or a lot.
CD11 Councilmember Traci Park recently expressed her concern for the safety of bicyclists, even if it took the death of Regan Cole-Graham and her unborn baby Ophelia to prompt her.
Now is exactly the time to push her to commit to real bike and pedestrian safety throughout her district, when she needs our support to continue representing it.
Or move to back someone else who does.
Today’s bicycle adventure starts with infrastructure that LA city council member Traci Park thinks is good enough. She’s up for reelection. Potholes, Large Asphalt Repair, posted speed limit of 55 mph, paint separating bikes from drag racers. @streetsforall.org @lintonjoe.bsky.social
Not only will this route result in the highest ridership, it will finally connect major centers like The Grove, the Beverly Center, Cedars-Sinai, WeHo’s Rainbow District, Hollywood and Highland, and the Hollywood Bowl.
At the same time, it would provide vital connections with the Red (B), Purple (D) and Expo (E) Lines, making genuine crosstown travel by train possible without having to first go downtown.
So make your voice heard by Thursday, before this gets delayed yet again.
🚨 THURSDAY: Show up to save the K Line Northern Extension! 🚨@MayorOfLA and her allies on the board may once again try to delay it over NON issues.
This is your chance to support the Sunset For All Complete Streets project, as well as other safety improvements on the inevitably soon to be renamed Cesar Chavez.
None of which really proves anything, other than a) too many people die from traffic violence on California streets, b) we need more and better bike and pedestrian infrastructure, and c) law firm marketers think bikewashing is the best way to improve their search rankings.
And they’re probably right.
Which is why I linked to stories about their studies, rather than the actual studies. You can click through if you really want to.
There’s no description of the driver or the suspect vehicle at this time. Although as always, there’s a standing $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the driver.
Even when it’s on purpose.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
Adding insult to literal injury, a Louisiana bicyclist was ticketed for being at fault after the bike rider was struck by a state trooper in an unmarked car. Because somehow, cops never seem to be at fault when they hit someone on a bicycle, especially when they’re doing the investigating.
But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
Minnesota Governor and erstwhile vice presidential candidate Tim Walz made a visit to Angry Catfish Bicycle in Minneapolis, which sponsored the nationwide Unity Rides honoring fallen mountain biker and VA nurse Alex Pretti, murdered by ICE agents in January.
I noticed that truck over there on the left while walking the dog yesterday.
And was struck by the truck’s murder grill — not literally, thankfully — which seems designed to inflict maximum damage on anyone or anything unfortunate enough to come into contact with it.
Any person struck by it, whether walking or bicycling, would likely be thrown forward as if struck by a giant hammer, then run over by the multi-ton truck if the driver was unable to stop in time.
Yet people wonder why traffic deaths continue to climb in the US, and not in other countries with more rational safety policies.
Never mind that there’s no license plate on the front of the damn thing.
I don’t know the city well enough to offer any informed thoughts, but it looks to be heavy on Class 3 bike routes, aka sharrows, which are usually worthless for anything other than wayfinding, if not actually dangerous.
Monrovia's Draft Safety Action Plan and Bicycle Master Plan are open for public review. These plans shape how streets are designed for people who walk, bike, and ride transit.
Oceanside bike lawyer and BikinginLA sponsor Richard Duquette offers a short Facebook reminder to max out the Uninsured Driver coverage on your auto insurance policy, which will cover you on your bike if you crash, or get hit by a driver with no insurance or inadequate coverage.
The family of fallen Australian bicyclist James Rapley learned that the hard way, after the stoned driver who ran him down on Temescal Canyon in 2013 had no insurance or financial resources, leaving their lawyer unable to collect a dime, despite his efforts.
The opposite happened when I was struck by a road raging driver who refused to accept liability, and my own auto insurance covered every penny of my medical bills.
It was a painful lesson well learned.
Thanks to Phillip for the heads-up.
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A new short film from Shimano traces the rise of the inclusive All Bodies On Bikes group, with over 4,000 views in the first day.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
There’s a special place in hell for the 61-year old Florida man who was arrested for animal cruelty after allegedly beating and kicking a puppy, simply because it couldn’t keep up as he dragged it behind his bike, despite telling police he was “training” the dog. Maybe someone should tie him behind a bicycle and train him, instead.
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Local
A Redittor raves about the San Gabriel River bike path after riding over 30 miles from Santa Fe Dam to Seal Beach, then back again, as commenters tell him hush before everyone finds out.
They get it. A Streetsblog San Francisco op-ed says California has to stop expanding freeways, because “While transit, bike, and safety projects struggle for funding, the state keeps writing blank checks for freeway widening boondoggles. It’s time to tell our lawmakers: enough!” It’s long past time to stop flushing money down the induced demand-inducing toilet.
Albuquerque, New Mexico will now require drivers to stop at crosswalks for bicyclists and pedestrians, and student drivers in the state will have to take a three-hour course on driving around vulnerable road users, after a mother turned her grief over the death of her bike-riding daughter into a campaign to improve safety for all of us.
New York Mayor Mamdani is calling a halt to the previous administration’s policy of giving criminal summons to scofflaw bike riders, rather than traffic tickets, for even minor violations; the policy was considered unfair to delivery riders who need their bikes to earn a living. Although it was also unfair to anyone on two wheels, who were treated more harshly than motorists, despite posing less risk to those around them.
The Delaware-based Lycra Company, makers of Lycra, Coolmax, THERMOLITE, Supplex, and Tactel, is the latest bikewear-related firm to go belly-up, after the company couldn’t stretch to cover up to a half billion dollars in debts.
London’s epidemic of Lime Bike Leg could be ending, after the company redesigned their bikeshare ebikes to remove a heavy center bar that could trap a user’s leg under the bike if it fell over.
I was knocked on my ass by yet another migraine, which I’m told probably results from the TBI I got a couple decades ago in the Infamous Beachfront Bee Incident.
And yes, I was wearing a helmet, and no, it didn’t seem to make much of a difference.
Then again, that’s probably the cause of my REM sleep disorder and potential pending Parkinson’s, too.
Good times.
And of course, I came back to yet another person killed riding a bicycle in Southern California. Which means we’re now averaging another bike death every 3.3 days this year.
Wear light, quick-drying clothing, bring — and drink — plenty of extra fluids, and stick to cooler, shady routes if you can.
And if possible, do your riding in the cooler morning or evening hours, when you’re less likely to suffer from heat-related problems.
I say that as someone who used to love riding on the hottest days when I was only likely to encounter mad dogs and Englishmen on the roads.
Depending on where you are, temperatures could range anywhere from the high 80s to the low 100s, at a time of year when your body isn’t adjusted to the heat.
But only after waiting seven hours following a call to Avis Car Rental to report he’d been in a crash in one of their cars. And even then, taking another three days to turn himself in at Long Beach police headquarters.
The beloved Long Beach occupational therapist was riding her bike just one block from her home when 40-year old Christopher Bryant allegedly blew through the stop sign at high speed, killing her on the spot.
Detectives seized his cell phone and filed search warrants to obtain phone records and GPS data, which could reveal not only where he went after the crash, but whether he was driving distracted at the time of the impact.
It would not show whether he had been under the influence when he killed Carreon, then drove home to his apartment in DTLA, however.
Bryant released on $50,000 bond after being booked on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence.
Once built, this would be the busiest light rail line in the country, and connect the region to key destinations like The Grove, Farmers Market, the Beverly Center, Cedars Sinai, nearly all of West Hollywood, and the Hollywood Bowl!
But it’s not a done deal, and Metro needs to hear overwhelming support for the project.
The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
They’re onto us, comrades. An op-ed in the San Diego Union-Tribune suggests the city’s new bike lanes are part of a secret plot to enhance transit-oriented developments around the city, which would trigger SB 79 to allow greater housing density near transit stops, and foist it upon unsuspecting single-family neighborhoods. Although you’ll have to find your own way around the paper’s draconian paywall.
But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
Two SoCal teens are rewriting the narrative around ebikes by promoting responsibility, community and positive culture among young riders. Although the press is still conflating ped-assist ebikes with electric motorbikes and dirt bikes.
Um, okay. A website for a Chicago suburb remembers the final resting place of six-day bike race champ Albert Schock, “currently listed as the 31st greatest American rider of all time (behind Lance Armstrong and Greg Lemond.)” And no, I’m not merely mocking it because the period is in the wrong place. But that doesn’t help any.
No bias here. A British paper says the residents of Plymouth, England are up in arms for a decision to spend the equivalent of over $5 million to build a bike lane a little more than the length of two football fields, even though that involves boring through an abandoned railroad tunnel to connect two bikeways. Never mind that it should say “some” residents, and no one would likely complain if it was a car tunnel.
The smallest bike lane in Killarney, Ireland — and possibly the entire country — measures just six inches at its narrowest point. Which even makes LA’s bike lanes seem absolutely capacious.
A 40-year old Swiss bicyclist’s 10,500-mile journey from one end of Africa to the other was delayed for two weeks when military authorities in Cameroon detained him for filming a bridge in a restricted area. Because as we all know, international spies always prefer traveling by bicycle instead of high-powered sports cars.
As if the news couldn’t get any worse this week, now we’ve learned that yet another bike rider died after a San Diego hit-and-run earlier this month.
The victim’s sister announced the news by asking for help finding the driver.
Estefania Gallardo Bledsoe said her brother, 43-year old Clairemont resident Andrés Gallardo, was riding in the parking lane on Ashford Street around 11:30 pm on Sunday, March 1st, when the driver struck him from behind.
Gallardo was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he died, although it’s not clear just when he passed away.
The driver fled the scene.
Witnesses report hearing a loud collision, which suggests that speed may have been a factor. However, there’s no description of the driver or suspect vehicle at this time.
Bledsoe describes her brother as a happy, funny person, who worked in construction and loved soccer, cooking and his 16-year old son.
According to 10 News San Diego, she can’t understand how anyone could just leave him like that.
“If you do that, you have no heart and no soul. I don’t know how someone can go to bed at night and sleep, thinking about this,” Estefania said.
Despite her grief, Estefania said she is not giving up hope that someone will come forward with information.
“I still have hope. I believe good people are out there that know something. I’m not going to stop until I know who it was,” Estefania said.
We can hope.
A crowdfunding campaign to help defray funeral expenses and carry Gallardo’s ashes to his mother in West Virginia and his father in the Magallanes region of Chile has raised 65% of the approximately $4,000 goal.
This the 22nd bicycling fatality that I’m aware of in Southern California this year, and the fourth in San Diego County.
That means a SoCal bike rider has been killed an average of every three-and-a-third days since the first of this awful year.
Seven of those deaths have now involved hit-and-run drivers.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for Andrés Gallardo and his family and loved ones.
The driver stopped briefly, then backed up and fled the scene.
The crash occurred around 6:40 am at Olympic Blvd and Vermont Ave, as the pickup was headed east on Olympic. The driver attempted to turn right onto Vermont, and apparently right hooked the victim as she rode east across Vermont.
The driver stopped for a moment, then backed up onto Olympic and fled east.
The victim, who hasn’t been publicly identified, was taken to a hospital, where she died sometime later.
Police found a white Dodge Ram pickup matching the description of the suspect vehicle nearby and took the driver into custody. Investigators note that drug use “may” have played a role in the crash, though it’s unknown if alcohol may have also been a factor.
The crash is still under investigation. Anyone with information is urged to call detectives with the LAPD’s West Traffic Division at 213/473-0234 or 1-877/527-3247.
This the 21st bicycling fatality that I’m aware of in Southern California this year, and the ninth already in Los Angeles County; it’s also the fourth we know about in the City of Los Angeles.
Six of those SoCal deaths have involved hit-and-run drivers.
However, someone should tell My News LA that once a driver flees the scene, it’s not a “suspected” hit-and-run driver, it is a hit-and-run. The driver is only suspected once they’re accused.
However, there also seems to be some question whether the accused driver was taken into custody; KTLA-5 says an arrest was made, but My News LA says police are still looking for the driver, with the usual standing $50,000 reward for any fatal hit-and-run in the City of Los Angeles.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victim and her loved ones.
