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By Damien Newton

8:53 AM PDT on July 12, 2012

Alarcon Aide Who Killed Pedestrian with Car Skates on Felony Charges (Daily News)
Flaw at Blue Line Junction Causes Derailment Risk. Metro Welds. (LAT)
OC Confuses Drivers on Toll Rules. LA Shouldn’t Follow Suit (Daily News)
Skelton: Bullet Train Vote a Show of Working Politics (LAT)
A Look at How Business and the Economy Can Get More People on Bikes (Green Octopus)
Sepulveda Pass Project Still Totally Worth It! But Rampture Stinks (UCLA News)
Of Course People Will Ride California HSR (SFGate, SF Examiner)
Glendale Considers One Mile Road Diet (News-Press)
After High Speed Chase on the 170, Suspect Crashes Into Metro Bus in NoHo (Daily News)
“Horrifying Drumbeat” of Cycling Fatalities Rolls On (Biking In L.A.)

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