Today’s Headlines
LA Rail Car Contract Goes to Japanese Firm. Unions, Advocates Incensed (LAT, Daily News, Wave, The Source) What Does Expo and Bruce Springsteen Have in Common (HuffPo) Taking a Page from John Walsh, LA Weekly Slams Expo, Rail Program, Villaraigosa (LA Weekly) Susanna Schick: DAMM RIGHT I WAS HIT BY A CAR (Blog Downtown) Garcetti Leading … Continued
9:59 AM PDT on May 1, 2012
- LA Rail Car Contract Goes to Japanese Firm. Unions, Advocates Incensed (LAT, Daily News, Wave, The Source)
- What Does Expo and Bruce Springsteen Have in Common (HuffPo)
- Taking a Page from John Walsh, LA Weekly Slams Expo, Rail Program, Villaraigosa (LA Weekly)
- Susanna Schick: DAMM RIGHT I WAS HIT BY A CAR (Blog Downtown)
- Garcetti Leading Coalition to Bring Back Park Funding (LAT)
- The Horror…the horror. LMU Might Start Charing Students for Parking (Argo)
- Helmet Cam Catches Berkeley Hit and Run Drivers (SF Streetsblog)
- It’s May Day. Play Nice (LA_Now)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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