Today’s Headlines

• LASD Investigation of the Deputy's Crash That Killed Olin Is Really Lame (Daily News)
• Metro Had a Really Good Year...According to Metro (The Source)*
• Hawthorne: L.A. Is Growing Into a Real City (LAT)
• Urban Design Matters When Metro Designs Rail Stations (LAT)
• Annual Drunk Driving Crackdown Has Begun (Daily News)
• Profile of Women's Mountain Biking Club, Girlz Gone Riding (LAT)
• "Big Three" Resisting New Emission Standards, Again (LAT)
• Happy Holidays: Bonin Hands Out TAP Cards to City Council (Daily News)
• Four Cyclists Missing in National Forest (LAT)
• Mr. Roadshow Readers Have Some Really Terrible Ideas (Mercury News)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

* Ok, it was pretty good.

After today we won't be posting again until a half-day next Monday. From all of us to all of you, be safe and merry this holiday season.