Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

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)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

(Note: For today and the next two Fridays, LA Streetsblog will be publishing on a light schedule.)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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