Today’s Headlines
8:43 AM PDT on August 12, 2011
- Don Ward Attends Alex Romero Press Conference, Catches Media Sympathy Towards Driver, Coverup (YouTube)
- Art Walk Survives Changes. Crowd, Vendors, Street Performers Spread Out (Blog Downtown)
- Tobar: Not Far From Staples Center Is a Downtrodden Neighborhood (LAT)
- Metro Schedules Meetings on LAX Connections (The Source, Curbed)
- Alex Romero’s Accused Killers Remain Behind Bars (Patch)
- Bus Benches Disappearing as City Gets New Bench Company (LAT)
- Flash: The West San Gabriel Bike Coalition is Cool (Pasadena Star-News)
- Obama Puts Politics Ahead of Environment on Smog Controls (LAT)
- Harry Reid to California: Don’t Give Up on High-Speed Rail (SF Gate)
- Not Doing Anything on HSR Will Cost CA More! (CAHSR Blog)
- Century City Chamber: Constellation Ave. Subway Station Is History’s Choice (City Watch)
- Does LA Need Bike Share? (KCET)
- Anatomy of a Bike Friendly Street: Bike Signals (LADOT Bike Blog)
- Florida Gov. Confronted on HSR Cut by Bucs Head Coach (The Hill)
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