KCAL News Investigates: Uncovering dangerous toxic conditions in some of LA's Metro stations

[@jaminova_1969]

Call OSHA, shut down the Metro and bring in the Hazmat response team! You can't sell or rent a house that was contaminated by meth or fentanyl without disclosing that information, so the public has a right to know. Also, the head of the Metro needs to be fired for allowing this to happen and for trying to prevent the reporters from bring us the truth! Good job, KCAL!

[@phatpunxs64]

Employee's have reached out to OSHA and to the CPUC and nothing ever happens.

[@frankdenardo8684]

There comes a time in a man's life when you have to grab the bull by the tail and face the situation. W.C. Fields

[@ThroughMyEyes2020]

I used to work SECURITY at those stations so this doesn't surprise me.🤮

[@mhaas281]

People like her are indifferent and don't give a crap. Any true leader would willingly and openly discuss the issues and steps being taken to resolve.

[@SpeakerOfTruth444]

yep. and WHERE'S OUR TAX MONEY BEEN GOING FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS? IT'S NOT BEING REINVESTED IN THE ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTRUCTURES, OR THE SCHOOLS (Lottery Funds Never goes to schools.) ENERGY GRIDS ARE ANCIENT AND RATES INCREASED FOR POOR ENERY SERVICE. AMERICA IS CRUMBLING FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FROM CORPORATE AND POLITICIAN'S GREED & KLEPTOCRACY!

[@jaminova_1969]

What's super sad is the LA Metro was nice when it opened and the city let crime spiral out of control. When the nurse lady was killed in front of Union Station while waiting a bus, that should have been the wake up call for everyone to take action. I guess the days of visiting DTLA are over?

[@shanelewis961]

I used to ride these Metro stops every day, and it was bad way before now. Stephanie Wiggins should be FORCED to ride the Metro every day so she can view these issues first-hand. That last clip? She was on her way to get in her luxury car and drive home, IMHO...!

[@SpeakerOfTruth444]

WHERE'S OUR TAX MONEY BEEN GOING FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS? IT'S NOT BEING REINVESTED IN THE ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTRUCTURES, OR THE SCHOOLS (Lottery Funds Never goes to schools.) ENERGY GRIDS ARE ANCIENT AND RATES INCREASED FOR POOR ENERY SERVICE. AMERICA IS CRUMBLING FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FROM CORPORATE AND POLITICIAN'S GREED & KLEPTOCRACY!

[@chorlauheung4920]

Wiggins lives across from Pershing Square in a fancy apartment that Metro pays for. She claims that she rides the Red Line to work. She does not care for Metro or her employees! She only enjoys being in the spotlight with her bright pink coat on. I've said hello to her on two separate occasions. She just walked passed me! She doesn't give a s**t for her employees! She needs to be fired now!!

[@NaProbablyNot]

Thank you Goldestein for the reporting! LA Times wouldn’t dare report on this.

[@jaminova_1969]

This is true investigative reporting! It's the way journalists used to do things before "the news" became a propaganda machine for government. Thank You KCAL!

[@biggooseadventures]

You guys should do a report on the metro buses. They don't even charge the homeless and let them on and they causes problems on the buses. The drivers don't do anything or make most people Pay to get on.

[@HeronPoint2021]

what can the drivers do? play cop? and while driving your back is turned away from the client. Vancouver, BC installed plexi shield walls but that only slows down the assaults, and that's Canada, not some infested meth hole. We had a bus driver stabbed and killed in Kelowna, for God's sake. One of the safest cities in the country. Most of my old courier buddies went to bus driving during the shakeout in the nineties. Most are now thankfully retired.

[@biggooseadventures]

@@HeronPoint2021 I think the drivers should stop the bus and call the police. In West Hollywood the bus driver just kept driving while my friend was physically attacked. They don't even do that! The metro shouod install medal turn styles that can only be accessed by swiping a tap car or correct $ to get in and to get off the turn styler shouod be one way no way to get on

[@morguemiss9516]

Because if they enforce it they will end up getting assaulted by the crazies.

[@javirodriguez5617]

Not only homeless,,regular people are refusing to pay,,,see it daily and not fare at all..

[@biggooseadventures]

@@javirodriguez5617 💯 true as well. I called the metro to ask CS about it they just kept saying , sorry….

[@royrichardson5907]

This falls on DEO Steve Jaffe as well as Cris Lymon as well as all so called supervisors . These areas are to be cleaned on a weekly basis. What is the night shift supervisor doing with the night crew . These people have been hiding these things for years . No concern for public safety at all

[@myoldvhstapes]

They probably need daily cleaning. I've unfortunately seen youtube videos of the piles of feces, syringes, blood, vomit, urine and trash that is deposited in those emergency exit ways.

[@JesusIsLordLasVegas]

Thanks for chasing her down, Mr. Goldstein. Good reporting. Don't let these people responsible for this off of the hook.

[@MetroWalt]

KCAL you’ve only scratched the surface on this issue amongst many that plague Metro. Thank you for exposing the truth.

[@jaimel8219]

How can we alert higher authorities on this? This is extremely frustrating

[@whynottv5779]

Open the emergency exit doors take a picture or video of what you see, then send in footage to your local news stations so spread the word, I have personally cleaned those with my custodial crew and they are very bad

[@lizill6223]

That’s because all these so called leader simply don’t care. Would she let her children walk through those doors??

[@phatpunxs64]

I worked for MTA for 10 years and these emergency exits have been riddled with trash, human waste, needles, used condoms. MTA Wayside personell filed multiple unsafe condition reports but MTA management would not clean up the stairwells. It is getting worse for the public and for the employees. I know of a handful of employees that have been physically attacked, one who was stabbed and later died. Someone needs to step in and hold MTA accountable.

[@josejacobo4855]

Thank you Mr Goldstein for this information. Keep up the good work.

[@mariusfacktor3597]

Do a story on how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian in LA. We designed all our streets like highways so just walking around is like navigating a battlefield. 300+ car deaths in LA in 2022. Pedestrian car murders have been going UP, not down.

[@chorlauheung4920]

Fire Wiggins now!!

[@andretaing3355]

Eventually people will stop using Metro all together. Maybe then, they'll learn to clean up their shit. Metro has failed the county and city in every way.

[@YoungEagle444]

Thank you for this

[@yellowpsychopath]

The real Toxic Gossip Train

[@carl-cr7rp]

Stephanie Wiggins should be fired for withholding this information.

[@raiderc9471]

In 2022 she cleared just over $540k in total pay and benefits

[@jinxblack7597]

great work real journalism

[@camps1960]

Why does she get a pass when metro is failing? Why doesn't she answer the people that pay for her to have a job? I can take a wild guess Why Ms. Wiggins isn't held accountable

[@Bmwstephen]

diversity hire

[@camps1960]

@@Bmwstephen it's interesting that when it's a diversity hire, they always seem to put extra emphasis on the wardrobe.. but never the job they were hired for.

[@mhaas281]

I have no experience in transportation but I'm sure I would do a better job and make better decisions than her that would better benefit metro

[@Evettecord]

@@Bmwstephenshe was hired by the bankers to do their bidding

[@whynottv5779]

Because she doesn’t care , multiple reports of her ignoring and talking down on employees

[@TamikoRWhite]

I use to work with Fred Favors at a telemarketing firm and he and Bobby (a supervisor) were horrible bosses always talking about Michael Jordan. He use to party with a lady named Liz and use drugs himself.

[@Tu.Mama.Perro.]

Who cares

[@hypersmooth9309]

All thanks to Karen Bass!

[@mr.o9200]

Lol!!! I worked at that station!!!! Someone give me an email and I’ll show you what I took pictures of and what I recorded 😂😂 I’m surprised there isn’t a class action lawsuit with metro and contracted employees who worked at these stations

[@mr.o9200]

@AlexPG1989 after what contract employees and metro employees go through and survive, all you can do is look back and laugh

[@myoldvhstapes]

I've seen youtube videos of those stairways: Piles of feces, syringes, blood, vomit, urine, and trash.

[@whynottv5779]

Right? I’ve honestly been thinking about starting a lawsuit, I’ve done those bs cleanups too just for no enforcement and go back and clean the same corridor a few days after

[@philliplewis3754]

I have to declare my income to the government, I demand that my government tell me THEY are putting me at risk!

[@kens962]

It’s not an “Emergency Exit” if anyone can access it during non-emergencies. Of all the millions of dollars from riders, and no one thought of to put cameras to monitor secured areas? CEO needs to be removed.

[@viniciusdg8899]

Public transport at your own risk.

[@jaminova_1969]

Meanwhile, the city and state politicians want us all to give up our cars and use public transportation! No way!

[@LostintheHate]

Lmao trust me, im making it home on the devil..

[@roachtoasties]

Has there ever been a fire, or other emergency, requiring riders to use those exits? It's like me entering a biohazard area without authorization. Anyway, Metro should clean the emergency exit areas, but riders walking through those areas with absolutely no reason to be there should be responsible for their own actions.

[@whynottv5779]

I have personally had to help clean those exits, yea there have been fires, overdoses, vermin And dead bodies behind those doors, I have gotten sick multiple times even wearing n 95 masks masks, they have been ordered to shut them down, but restart when they think nobody is watching

[@SpeakerOfTruth444]

WHERE'S OUR TAX MONEY BEEN GOING FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS? IT'S NOT BEING REINVESTED IN THE ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTRUCTURES, OR THE SCHOOLS (Lottery Funds Never goes to schools.) ENERGY GRIDS ARE ANCIENT AND RATES INCREASED FOR POOR ENERY SERVICE. AMERICA IS CRUMBLING FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FROM CORPORATE AND POLITICIAN'S GREED & KLEPTOCRACY!

[@SpeakerOfTruth444]

Many are drug head vagrants.

[@_Muser23]

The public needs to know!!

[@Jeanne90275]

Might want to rethink the "progressive" tenet that drug addicts, alcoholics, and the mentally ill have the "right" to refuse treatment and live on the streets.

[@FlixCreEightR]

Metro needs to be sued!

[@ThePsychomix]

common to see people hitting crack pipes on the trains

[@cesarhernandez8056]

THE METRO HEAD DEPARTMENTS THEY DON'T CARE, THEY CARE THE MONEY WHAT THEY MAKE SIT DOWN IN THE OFFICE, FIRED ALL OF THEM .

[@KrissaCash]

Let the public know!

[@TerpLord710]

Meanwhile there’s a Prop. 65 warning on everything we buy at the stores

[@jasminespencer3992]

They always forget who pays their salary.

[@Evettecord]

Donors?

[@jasminespencer3992]

@@Evettecord no silly, us the citizens of la, the taxpayers

[@Evettecord]

@@jasminespencer3992 ah, that's cute. Donors have way more power/ sway than us regular tax payers.

[@jasminespencer3992]

@@Evettecord I agree with you about Israel

[@mikejonze951]

Even more of a reason i don't ride the metro anymore

[@ivanp2490]

Can't blame this all on Metro. They are working on improving the lack of public transportation. Most of the homeless and drug issues are city problems. It's almost impossible to explore LA. So many homeless and terrible smells everywhere

[@san6788]

I like how he worked in an explanation of how Emergency doors worked

[@susie154]

This is bad! I'm not surprised.

[@dougclem7711]

THEYS GOT TO BE MORE QUALIFIED AFRICAN-AMERICANS THAT CAN TRANSMIT THE MESSAGE OF KEEPING THE RIDERS SAFE, AND WANT TO RIDE THE METRO. I GUESS SHE HAS NEVER USED METRO.

[@thejuicerr]

Why doesn't Metro enforce fares like the other rail agencies around the world? The homeless shouldn't be able to set-up camp wherever they want.

[@hippiebits2071]

I love these news stories that basically shame city government into action. Unfortunate that things are allow to escalate into a newsworthy story to begin with, but obviously there are a lot of city officials and employees who shirk their responsibilities until they find themselves in the spotlight.

[@e.a.corral4713]

Need to steam clean every 1of the stations on a monthly basis? Kick the homeless off the stations and trains? Payup. CEO: COMPLETELY EMPTY OFFENSIVE? Does not know what is going on?

[@whereisbetocalkush]

For real nowonder i would feel like shit and throw up after i would gt off the redline

[@QueenNGtheGreat]

All metro has to Is hire a cleaning crew to Disinfect All the stations.

[@cantofranco1685]

They do have one but even they don’t want to go in there

[@QueenNGtheGreat]

@@cantofranco1685 They need to just pour bleach down all the stairs.

[@morguemiss9516]

​@@cantofranco1685they aren't provided with the PPE like she claims they are .

[@morguemiss9516]

​@@QueenNGtheGreatbleach can't fix that place

[@rogercook2292]

DEI appointments may not be the best metric for hiring decisions ???

[@cwboydgo323]

She’s getting 400k a year no Mamés

[@colingrubbs2916]

Hope this horrible mess gets taken care of.

[@SpeakerOfTruth444]

WHERE'S OUR TAX MONEY BEEN GOING FOR THE PAST 60 YEARS? IT'S NOT BEING REINVESTED IN THE ROADS, BRIDGES, INFRASTRUCTURES, OR THE SCHOOLS (Lottery Funds Never goes to schools.) ENERGY GRIDS ARE ANCIENT AND RATES INCREASED FOR POOR ENERY SERVICE. AMERICA IS CRUMBLING FROM SEA TO SHINING SEA FROM CORPORATE AND POLITICIAN'S GREED & KLEPTOCRACY!

[@pinhead35]

AVOID DRIVING IN LOS ANGELES AT ALL COSTS!! I can’t stress it enough, I’ve lived in DT for 20+ years and volunteered at USC+LAC emergency dept and thought I’d seen it all till I started using the roadway network, it’s literally out of the mad max movies. You’ll be nearly sideswiped, cars rushing at 75mph on residential streets, people running red lights, you’ll be harassed and attacked if you’re going below 80mph in the left lane, a huge embarrassment for the city, and for some odd reason with all the tax dollars thrown at vision zero, our elected politicians can’t seem to get a handle on road safety since right now our roadway networks are experiencing their deadliest year on record. Their goto policy is “one more lane will fix levels of service” and not prosecute the criminals.

[@checkoutmyyoutubepage]

I believe you. I haven’t seen it myself. A friend from Anaheim who works in LA gets close calls for side swipes almost every week. And cars speeding down 4th street bridge center lane.

[@ostrichesandgin8570]

It just sounds like you're bad at driving.

[@JM-um3fc]

Smoking and slaming drugs in font of cops is on problem. So why is this. Crazy times. Go to church

[@xuimod]

Lazy reporting. Hasn't this been the case for decades? And they are investigating it now? How about holding people accountable? Homeless people, drug addicts.... get all their names, faces on camera and hold them accountable.

[@ropeysubstance1719]

lol ur just mad that they shoved the camera in the face of the black woman who IS in charge. get her to start doing her job

[@mhaas281]

Not sure if you listen to the report but the investigation came about due to internal communications in metro

[@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk]

How about holding the tobacco/drug industry and the cartels accountable for corrupting people to be on drugs in the first place and bringing them into the world from the start.

[@adamfranco1987]

Dont ever ride Metro doesnt give a flying f

[@davidlether4917]

They love ca ca

[@Workn3t]

Act LA? You guys should step down and every other organization that is in it because you guys don’t provide results as well

[@mytinyvictories]

Uncool!

[@danthegreat9790]

Tweakers

[@e.a.corral4713]

Same at assorted supermarkets?

[@The_Quaalude]

Ye told you...

[@khalilantonio6281]

The trains are nasty .. folks relieve themselves and sleep on trains. .. trash on the tracks

[@davidlether4917]

Stefanie lovez ca ca

[@ropeysubstance1719]

How do black women keep getting these high ranking jobs? Yowlanda and Shaniqua can't be trusted

[@mhaas281]

Diversity hires.

[@LostintheHate]

You definitely are going to have someone throw dirt on you way before your time little devil

[@Evettecord]

They do the central bankers bidding. They’re cut from the same cloth

[@danielradilla856]

❤

[@ronjeremy9648]

And no consequences will be given because they have no money to pay

[@carl-cr7rp]

OSHA

[@beetknot]

Coke is way better, just ask the white house

[@rogelioybarra4068]

Puro pedo

[@myownstationofficespa9736]

The city don't work every day why!🤔

[@Kevin18313]

Good reporting .!!! Trump 2024 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk]

Trump 2024 in hell and in jail!

[@jorgecastrellon9760]

Blame your local democrat for this

[@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk]

Seriously? And what if it’s not all their fault?

[@elvie174able]

Maybe they are emitting from the White House...

[@thunderousapplause]

aw Elvie, you worship hatred.

[@Tu.Mama.Perro.]

When you enter a bus the first announcement that comes up there's no drug usage in the bus😅 those announcement started occurring a couple months ago

[@hodicha]

“Shocking” 😂

[@alliedsandblasting9211]

Only a nobody walks in LA 🎶 walking in LA 🎵 😂😂😂😂 keep voting democrat because this is just entertainment now , we are like desensitized news casters now and have zero fucks to give anymore

[@AlonzoMarquisGraychipmonk]

And you seriously think we can trust republicans either?