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By Damien Newton

8:37 AM PDT on May 1, 2013

Ridley Thomas: Leimert Park Deserves a Train Station (LAT)
Metro Holds Hearing on May 15 for 2014 Budget (The Source)
March Planned Today Against Wyvernwood Development (Curbed)
Grand Park Filming Fees Temporarily Lowered (LAT)
Garcetti, Greuel Discuss Transit Tunnel Under Sepulveda Pass (CBS 2)
Greuel Blasts James Endorsement of Garcetti. James Releases Chummy Texts from Wendy (LAT)
Mayor’s Race Basically Tied (LA Weekly)
How Does City Attack “Pothole Problem” (KPCC)
Op/Ed: Proposed Westwood Bike Lane Does Help Traffic (Daily Bruin)
The Transit Coalition Has a Blog! (Transit Coalition)
Good News, Rail Hating Randall O’Toole Freaking Out Over New USDOT Sec. (Cato)
Daily Carnage: 1 Killed, 8 Cars Crushed in South L.A. “Street Racing” Crash (ABC7)

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