Today’s Headlines
USC Study, Air Near Gold Line Cleaner Than Air Near Subway, Cleaner Than Air Near Freeway (The Source) Road Rage Doctor, Christopher Thompson, Appeals His Jail Sentence, Loses (Biking In L.A.) Gold Line Extension Awards $486 Million Contract (Patch) Poll Californians Approve of Energy Efficiency, Transpo. Options (LAT) Valley Gets Its Say on Stadium, “Don’t … Continued
8:38 AM PDT on July 29, 2011
- USC Study, Air Near Gold Line Cleaner Than Air Near Subway, Cleaner Than Air Near Freeway (The Source)
- Road Rage Doctor, Christopher Thompson, Appeals His Jail Sentence, Loses (Biking In L.A.)
- Gold Line Extension Awards $486 Million Contract (Patch)
- Poll Californians Approve of Energy Efficiency, Transpo. Options (LAT)
- Valley Gets Its Say on Stadium, “Don’t Bring Back the Rams” (Daily News)
- Mica, Rail Backers, Meet Halfway on Privitization (DC Streetsblog)
- Congressman Wants Less Whirly Birds in the Sky (LA Weekly Daily News)
- NY Times Editorial Calls on Obama to Adopt Strong Clean Air Standards
- New Redistricting Maps Get Mixed Reviews (Daily News, LAT)
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