Today’s Headlines
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7:44 AM PST on February 1, 2010
- Cell Phone Law Hasn’t Impacted Street Safety (Times)
- Mayor Heading to D.C. to Lobby for Subway Funding (Daily News)
- Environmental Justice for Sale: NFL Stadium Developer Gave Half a Million to State Political Campaigns (Times)
- L.A.Considering 500 More Layoffs (Times)
- Neighborhood Councils Vow to Fight Budget Cuts (City Watch)
- The Source Has Four Stories on Friday’s Gold Line Crash (One, Two, Three, Four)
- Is Long Beach the Most Bike Friendly City in America? (Greenspace)
- Freight Train Crash in Riverside Snarls Metrolink (PE)
- Carmakers Try to Make Crashes Less Deadly: The Sordid Details (TreeHugger)
- Electric Bikes an $11 Billion Global Industry (NYT)
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