Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

8:46 AM PST on January 17, 2013

Unlicensed Drivers Three Times as Likely to Be Involved in Fatal Crash (LA Weekly)
CD 1 Candidates Talk Business and Bike Lanes at Forum (Patch)
More Streetscaping TOD Coming to Echo Park and Highland Park (Eastsider)
New Plan for MLK Medical Center Based on Walking/Bicycling (Curbed)
Land Acquisition Underway for CAHSR (Rail Journal)
City Hastily Removes "No Right Turn" Sign in DTLA after Bad Press for "Ticket Trap" (LA Weekly)
Garcetti Has Clear Lead In Race, Perry, James Closing on Greuel (ABC 7)
Blood in the Water? Candidates Honing Sites on Greuel (LAT, Daily News)
San Diegans Jealous of L.A.'s Speedy Car Commutes (LAT)
Man Must Pay $250k for Bulldozing Trees on Public Land (Daily News)

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