Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Pasadena City Council Unanimously Opposes I-710 Big Dig (SGV Tribune) Najarian: Metro’s I-710 Truck Numbers a “Snow Job” (Glendale News Press) Social Media Abuzz with Anti-710 Commentary (Pasadena Sun) Dirty?: “Metro to Build Huge Exploratory Tube Near Tar Pit’ (Curbed) Woman Hears Strange Noises in Head. Sues Santa Monica for $1.7 Billion Over Smart Meters (Daily Press) … Continued

By Damien Newton

6:00 AM PDT on August 16, 2012

Pasadena City Council Unanimously Opposes I-710 Big Dig (SGV Tribune)
Najarian: Metro’s I-710 Truck Numbers a “Snow Job” (Glendale News Press)
Social Media Abuzz with Anti-710 Commentary (Pasadena Sun)
Dirty?: “Metro to Build Huge Exploratory Tube Near Tar Pit’ (Curbed)
Woman Hears Strange Noises in Head. Sues Santa Monica for $1.7 Billion Over Smart Meters (Daily Press)
Program Explains Federal Transportation Bill at Metro HQ (The Source)
Fiji Way in Marina Del Rey Gets a Buffered Bike Lane (Biking In LA)
Shocker: Reason Foundation Doesn’t Like High Speed Rail (Daily News)
Summer Spirit Is Alive in L.A. (KCET)
Brown Stumping for Tax Increases (LAT)

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(Damien is traveling today, so Today’s Headlines were completed last night. If he missed a good article, leave it in the comments section.)

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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