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By Damien Newton

6:59 AM PDT on April 23, 2010

Metro Board Approves 30/10 (The Source, LAT, LAist)
It’s a “Hearing on Fare Increases,” Not a Fare Increase Hearing (The Source, Daily News)
405 Widening to Take Awhile (Westside Today)
Getting to Dodger Stadium: The Gondola and Escalators That Never Were (Primary Sources)
Permanent Red Light Camera Ban on November Ballot in Anaheim (LAT)
Bus Hits Bike in Crosswalk, Cops Claim You Can’t Ride Bike There…Again…(Whittier Daily News)
LAUSD Reverses Plan to Pave Two Acres of Westside School Grounds for Bus Parking (City Watch)
11-1 Jury Split Means New Trial for LAPD Officer Accused of Hit and Run While Drunk (CC Times)
Volcanic Interruption Prompts Momentary Rethinking of Dependence on Airliners (Room for Debate)
Fasten Your Seatbelt, Glenn Beck on Passenger Rail (Infrasructurist)

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