A walk down Orange Drive feels treacherous — like “something out of the ‘Twilight Zone’” — one resident said. Solar-powered light attached to a nonfunctional street lamp illuminates a section of sidewalk near Orange Drive in Hancock Park. So some Hancock Park residents — faced with a nearly yearlong wait before their streets emerge from the darkness — have tried to come up with their own solutions. Functional streetlights near Orange Drive in Hancock Park. Solar-powered light attached to a nonfunctional street lamp illuminates a section of sidewalk near Orange Drive in Hancock Park.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 21, 2026 21:32 UTC