Today’s Headlines
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9:00 AM PDT on August 7, 2012
- Blue Line Headed for Deadliest Year Yet (LAT)
- More on Yesterday’s Metro Board Meeting (The Source)
- Traffic Signal Priority Coming for Venice Rapid Bus (The Ones)
- LAPD Looking for Help Identifying Driver Who Hit Cyclist and Ran (Biking In LA)
- Public Hearings for I-710 Massive Widening from L.B. to East LA Begin Tonight (The Source)
- Meanwhile Arroyo Communities Gearing Up for Fight on Big Dig (Patch)
- Residents Sound Off on Helicopter Noise (Daily News)
- China Resident Uses Blow-Up Doll as Traffic Calming (Newsy via KTVU)
- It’s Hot (Daily News)
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