Today’s Headlines
Don’t Forget, Tonight Is Our Fundraiser for Shay! Get the Details, HERE. Goodbye “Measure R+,” Hello for “Measure J” (Daily News) If You Ride Metro Rail, It’s Time to Buy a TAP Card (The Source) New Bike Lanes Coming to York Boulevard (Patch) Metro Sorcerers Cast Spell on I-710 Project (Flying Pigeon) Cedillo Plans One … Continued
8:14 AM PDT on August 9, 2012
Don’t Forget, Tonight Is Our Fundraiser for Shay! Get the Details, HERE.
- Goodbye “Measure R+,” Hello for “Measure J” (Daily News)
- If You Ride Metro Rail, It’s Time to Buy a TAP Card (The Source)
- New Bike Lanes Coming to York Boulevard (Patch)
- Metro Sorcerers Cast Spell on I-710 Project (Flying Pigeon)
- Cedillo Plans One Last Push for Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants (Daily News)
- Occupy LA Plans Another “Chalk Walk” for ArtWalk Tonight (LAT, Daily News)
- Goodmon Not Buying Metro’s “Typo” Excuse for Including Crenshaw as Measure R+ Project (Front Page)
- Editor Ari Noonan Calls Him “Today’s Hero” (Front Page)
- During Construction, the Safety of People on Bikes Is Dispensible (Streetsblog SF)
- “SOCAL Gas Prices Catch Fire” (Daily News)
- Chicago’s Bike Share Program Delayed Until Next Year (Sun Times)
- L.A.’s New Skateboarding Rules go National (Good Morning America)
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