Here's what we're reading this week:

1930s - Views of Los Angeles in color [60fps, Remastered] w/added sound Views of Broadway, Pershing Square, and more (NASS YouTube channel)

NewsConference: Looking Up in LA in 2022 NBC4’s Conan Nolan talks with some dude from Urbanize LA about some very exciting projects that will be comings online in 2022. (NBC 4)

A soggy ending to 2021: More rain, snow and chilly temperatures come to Southern California Did anyone notice "Downtown Los Angeles has already received 5.15 inches of rain this month — more than double the normal amount of 2.14 inches, according to Jackson, the meteorologist." (LA Times)

From sacred to profane: A brief history of Southern California’s hot springs "If the ground under our feet insists on jerking and rattling us to splinters and rubble once in a while, then it’s only fair that we should also get a bit of pleasure from our fickle geology. So I give you… the therapeutic hot spring, geothermal energy at its most sybaritic." (LA Times)

Looking Ahead: Some L.A. Transportation Predictions for 2022 Streetsblog takes a look forward... (Streetsblog LA)

Looking Back at Some Stories that Shaped 2021 ...and a look back (Streetsblog LA)

Metro Meetings on Crenshaw Line Northern Extension Reveal Strong Preference for Fairfax/San Vicente (Hybrid) Alignment It is the longest and most circuitous route, but also the one that best serves West Hollywood (Larchmont Buzz)