Today’s Headlines
See what $1 billion can buy when 1.7 miles of 405 freeway work opens Friday (LA Curbed) Westsiders rise up against 405 and Expo Line adjacent Casden West LA project (Patch) Rare, near century old bicycle stolen from Lancaster home (LAT) It could be the end of the line for historic SaMo Civic Auditorium (SM … Continued
By
Ted Rogers
9:38 AM PDT on May 23, 2013
- See what $1 billion can buy when 1.7 miles of 405 freeway work opens Friday (LA Curbed)
- Westsiders rise up against 405 and Expo Line adjacent Casden West LA project (Patch)
- Rare, near century old bicycle stolen from Lancaster home (LAT)
- It could be the end of the line for historic SaMo Civic Auditorium (SM Daily Press)
- In a victory for sprawl, Irvine is the nation’s 8th fastest growing city (LAT)
- Metrolink offers roundtrip rail service from OC for Dodgers/Angels Series (The Source)
- June 6 community meeting to discuss Purple Line extension at LACMA (The Source)
- A look at L.A. County’s blue collar, multicultural Blue Line (KCET)
- Police impersonator pulls over a school bus in Redlands (KABC)
- Pre-holiday weekend reminder that Biking Under the Influence is illegal (Sac Bee)
- Meanwhile drivers say a .08 BAC is actually pretty darn drunk (Daily News)
- Good news: hand-held cell use is dropping; bad news: texting while driving is up (Daily News)
- Brit twit tweets after hitting cyclist, discovers police use Twitter too (Jalopnik)
- Daily Carnage: Homeless OC man hit by two cars, one flees (KABC)
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