Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Despite Concerns, Times Backs New Parking Rules Our Friends at the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop Are Profiled in the Times Alpern: Yes on Measure J for More Parking, Death to the 710 Big Dig (City Watch) Meanwhile, Metro Tries to Calm the Storm Brewing Over the 710 Big Dig Outreach Meetings (The Source) More on … Continued

By Damien Newton

6:57 AM PDT on August 20, 2012

Despite Concerns, Times Backs New Parking Rules
Our Friends at the Flying Pigeon Bike Shop Are Profiled in the Times
Alpern: Yes on Measure J for More Parking, Death to the 710 Big Dig (City Watch)
Meanwhile, Metro Tries to Calm the Storm Brewing Over the 710 Big Dig Outreach Meetings (The Source)
More on CicLAvia Expansion to the Westside/Culver City/Santa Monica (Patch)
Alarcon Aide Charged with Misdemeanor Manslaughter for Killing Homeless Man with City Owned Car (Daily News)
More West L.A. Communities Threaten Secession Over Street Conditions (Argonaut)
Bicyclist Killed This Morning in Mt. Washington Crash (LA_Now)
Rosendahl Says He’ll Be Back in the Swing of Things Soon (YouTube)
Wisconsin DOT Faces Civil Rights Complaint Over $1.7 Billion Zoo Interchange (Streetsblog Cap. Hill)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Damien Newton

Today's Headlines

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