Today’s Headlines
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8:07 AM PDT on August 8, 2012
- Caltrans’ Surprising Plan to Turn the Arroyo Seco Into Something More Livable (Curbed)
- Supes Approve Putting Measure R Extension on Fall Ballot…Senate and Gov. Next (Daily News, CBS2)
- Most In-Depth Coverage of Supes Vote, Albeit Slanted Coverage from Beverly Hills? (BH Courier)
- Expo Begins Construction of Centinela Bridge (Rancho Park Online)
- Najarian Backs Off Plan to Fight Antonovich to Get Metrolink Board Seat Back (Glendale News-Press)
- The Great 1920’s Battle That Created Olympic Boulevard (Curbed)
- City Council Votes to Ban errr..Restrict Skateboard Bombing (Daily News, LAT)
- Editorial: Tighten Rules on Helicopters for Our Sanity (Daily News)
- You’re Closing the Pools Now? But, It’s Really Hot…(Daily News)
- Wesson Claims Council Made of Racial and Geographic Clicks (LAT)
- Peer-to-Peer Car Sharing Service Competition Grows (SFGate)
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