Today’s Headlines
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9:36 AM PDT on August 1, 2012
- Downtown Residents Get Chance to Support Tax to Buy Streetscar (Curbed, Blog Downtown)
- DJ Waldie Isn’t Convinced It’s Going to Happen (KCET)
- Najarian Plots Road Back to Metrolink Board (Glendale News-Press)
- Long Beach Staff Worried 405 Widening in OC Will Cause Local Bottleneck (LB Biz)
- K-Town Files Suit Against Redistricting Maps (Daily News)
- Lopez: Grand Park Is Great, But Where’s the Green? (LAT)
- Villaraigosa: Still Thinking About Being Governor (Yahoo News)
- Is This the Greatest Orange Line Tour Yet? (KCET)
- Dear City Hall Staff, Stop Watching the Olympics (LAT)
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