Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Friday at City Hall

By Damien Newton

8:11 AM PDT on May 13, 2013

Friday at City Hall

Garcetti Pushes Density, Single-Car Households as Future of L.A. (LAT)
Metrolink Releases “How To” Guide for TAP Transfers (Metrolink)
A Review of Both Candidates for City Attorney in the Times (Feuer, Trutanich)
LA’s Sprawl an Excuse for Pedestrian Exploration? A Look at the Big Parade (Atlantic Cities)
Washington Post Looks at L.A.’s “Underground Art” in the Subway (Article, Gallery)
Advocate Raises Funds to Turn Cypress Park Ped. Tunnel Into Art Gallery (Eastsider)
WeHo Continues Plans for “Party Shuttle” (WeHo News)
SoCal Gas Prices Rise for 9th Straight Day (Daily News)
Re-Opening Date Announced for Echo Park Lake (Curbed)
Daily Carnage: Car Jumps Embankment on 405, 4 Injured (Daily News)

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