Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Damien Newton

8:22 AM PDT on August 19, 2009

Cabbies Demand New Laws at City Hall Protest (Times, blogdowntown)
Help Pick the Next Chief of Police (LAist)
Northeast L.A. Not Buying That 710 Study Is “Route Neutral” Either (Curbed)
Car Clips Building and Pedestrian Before Crashing Into Building (LAist)
State Raises Fees for Parking at Parks, Beaches (Daily News)
San Pedro Parking Lot Getting Makeover to Pedestrian Plaza (Daily Breeze)
American Cities Start Getting Serious About Bike Parking (Slate)
Knicks G Nate Robinson Arrested for Driving Without a License; LOLZ Ensue (Post, News)
A Road to Somewhere: Byrne’s Bike Book Tour Coming to L.A. (Irish Times)

More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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