Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

8:38 AM PDT on May 12, 2011

Thanks for the video, University Park Family

Metro to BHUSD: We'd Love to Give You Documents. Can You Wait Until We Finish Them? (The Source)

Fundraiser to Save BH Teachers Falls $400,000 Short. Some Legal/PR Money Shifted Back to Save Jobs (LAT)

"IT'S a complete reversal of Joni Mitchell's line: They're unpaving the parking lot to create paradise." (Star-News)

State Senate President Threatens Local Levies to Close Budget Hole (LAT)

Expo Builders Listen to Community at Design Kickoff (Lookout!)

Darrell Clarke Has Some Great Images from the Evening (Friends 4 Expo)

State Analyst: Let's Start HSR In Bay Area or L.A. (Fresno Bee via Engineering News Record)

Torrance Wins $18.1 Million Grant for Transit Center (Daily Breeze)

What a Difference a Year Makes: PCH Safety Commish Talks Bike Safety (Patch, Biking in L.A.)

Why Is America So Vulnerable to Gas Price Shock? Our Scandalously Low Gas Tax (Yglessias)

Five Days of "Falling" Gas Prices Saves a Penny Per Gallon (Daily News)

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