Today’s Headlines
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8:32 AM PDT on June 21, 2011
- Local Walking Expert Suddenly in Demand (AP)
- Residents Organize to Help El Sereno Park (Eastsider)
- New Park Coming to Highland Park? (Patch)
- USC Students/Faculty the Big Winners When Expo Opens (Brigham Yen)
- Heard Enough About the 405 Closing? Metro’s Hosting an Online Chat (The Source)
- Remember the Legislation That Would Give So. Pas. Veto Over 710 Tunnel? Yeah…Not So Much (Patch)
- San Francisco Gets Its First Residential Parklet (SF Streetsblog)
- National Mayor’s Group, Headed by Villaraigosa, Backs Red Light Cameras (LA_Now)
- Bloomberg (The News Agency): Fed. Transit Cuts Are Bad Idea (The Source)
- UCLA Researchers: Demand Will Grow for Urban Rental Units (LAT)
- “Urban” Land Institute Head: Demand Will Grow for Suburban Housing (WSJ)
- Introducing, “Blight Envy” (City Watch)
- Gas Prices Fall Again, But the Bottom Is Near (LAT)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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