Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
7:52 AM PDT on May 5, 2010
- SoCal Gas Prices Hit 8 Month High (Daily Breeze)
- Christine Essel Takes Over City’s Community Redevelopment Agency (LA_Now)
- Streetsblog Interviewed Essel When She Was a Finalist for City Council Last Year
- S.C.A.G. Reaches Out on Plan to Improve La Cienega Between the 405 and the 10 (LAist)
- Metro Releases 2011 Budget Before Saturday’s Hearing (The Source)
- The Should Read Streetsblog: 17 Days Later Daily News Covers Sidewalk Repair Changes
- City to Unveil Meters That Take Credit Cards (Daily News)
- LAPD Cop Legally Drunk When She Killed Herself in Car Crash (LAT)
- NYC Has Issues with Public Servants Abusing Parking Placards, Too (NYC Streetsblog)
- No End in Sight to Gulf Oil Spill; Friedman Says Mother Nature Is Watching (NYT)
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