1. TODAY: DONATE THIS MORNING AT CITY HALL
You have until 11 a.m. Drop-off is at the City Hall Community Plaza, 8300 Santa Monica Blvd., behind the building off N. Sweetzer. The City is collecting supplies for the Holloway Interim Housing Program. City staff and Ascencia will be there to take what you bring. What they need: socks, underwear, bras, T-shirts, sweatpants, hoodies, bedding, hygiene products, phone chargers, laundry detergent. The Holloway program runs 20 private rooms for people experiencing chronic homelessness in West Hollywood while they work toward permanent housing. Quick errand. Meaningful one. Details here.
2. TOMORROW: NO KINGS RETURNS TO WEHO PARK
The third West Hollywood No Kings rally is Saturday, March 28, from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at West Hollywood Park on the San Vicente side, across from the Pacific Design Center. It’s part of a national day of action with nearly 3,000 events planned across all 50 states. Mayor John Heilman and Councilmember Lauren Meister are both helping organize it. Meister co-organized the June 2025 rally that drew thousands to the same park. The October follow-up pulled about 100 to 150 people. This one has more organizational weight behind it. Full details and RSVP here.
3. ICYMI: WEST HOLLYWOOD IS GETTING A SUBWAY 
The Metro Board voted unanimously among participating members Thursday to approve the San Vicente-Fairfax alignment as the Locally Preferred Alternative for the K Line Northern Extension. West Hollywood gets up to three stations. It’s been 12 years in the making. The vote came after last-minute negotiations between Mayor Heilman, Supervisor Horvath, and Mayor Bass that stretched into Thursday morning. Metro staff said the line could place more than 125,000 jobs within a half mile of future stations. Without local funding, Measure M puts construction at 2041.
Now the harder question: who pays? Board member Ara Najarian asked staff directly whether the 2029 groundbreaking date circulating on social media was real. Staff called it “ambitious.” His own math put West Hollywood’s 50-year EIFD yield at around $600 million — well short of the $2.5 billion the project needs from the City. He told the board to look at the commitment “soberly.” No financing district has been formed. No hard timeline has been set. Horvath said the City Council is expected to take up the EIFD next month. West Hollywood got the route it wanted. Locking in the money is next. Full story here.
4. CULVER CITY IS BOOMING. WEST HOLLYWOOD ISN’T. WHY?
The LA Times ran a piece Friday morning on Culver City becoming a magnet for businesses and consumers. The two cities get compared often — similar size, similar politics, a few miles apart. The gap is real. Culver City has Apple, Amazon MGM Studios, TikTok, and Sony in its backyard. The Hayden Tract — once a rundown industrial stretch — became one of the most sought-after creative corridors in the region. Retail and restaurants followed the daytime workers. West Hollywood’s commercial strips depend heavily on nightlife and tourism dollars. It’s a different economic engine, and a less stable one. Drive up and down Santa Monica Blvd. and you see more storefronts closed or For Lease or Sale signs than you wanna count. There’s also a number worth knowing: West Hollywood’s minimum wage is $20.25 an hour, highest in California. Culver City pays the state minimum — $16.90. That’s a $3.35 gap per employee per hour. For a restaurant running 10 staff, that’s roughly $70,000 a year in additional labor costs just for being in West Hollywood instead of Culver City. Could the two be related?
5. WATCH WHERE YOU STEP OUT THERE
As you start to make those weekend plans to enjoy some nature, take note two people have died in Southern California this month from rattlesnake bites. Gabriela Bautista, 46, of Moorpark, was bitten at Wildwood Regional Park in Thousand Oaks on March 14. She died five days later. The Ventura County Medical Examiner confirmed rattlesnake venom toxicity. Before that, Julian Hernandez, 25, of Costa Mesa, died March 4 from a bite suffered in February while biking a trail in Irvine. Ventura County fire officials have logged four more bites since then. Experts say the hottest March on record has pulled rattlesnakes out of dormancy weeks ahead of schedule. That means every local trail right now — Runyon Canyon, Fryman Canyon, Franklin Canyon, Coldwater Canyon, Griffith Park — is active rattlesnake territory. The brush on either side of the trail is where they hide. If you’re hiking this weekend: stay on marked paths, wear boots and long pants, keep your dog leashed and close. If bitten, call 911, stay still, no tourniquet, no sucking the wound. Wait for help.
Because Culver City has the E Line.