Today’s Headlines
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7:23 AM PDT on July 3, 2013
- Exide Wins Right to Keep Battery Recycling Plant Open (LAT)
- Following Defeat at Metro Board, Crenshaw Subway Coalition Plans Next Steps (Front Page)
- “The Shameful Park Mesa Betrayal” (City Watch)
- Fantastic Upgraded Plaza Park Connects San Pedro to Waterfront (Daily Breeze)
- City Plans for On-Street Bicycle Repair Stations (LADOT Bike Blog)
- Metro Board Votes No on Fast Track Funds for 710. Everyone Says Its No Big Deal (Glendale News-Press)
- Bonin: Let’s Stop Ticketing Cars Parked in Broken Meters (LAT, Daily News)
- Yes, You’re Often Ridesharing with Actors/Directors (LAT via Curbed)
- Uber Tweeks Garcetti/LADOT with Discounted Rides To/From Inauguration (Biz Journal)
- SF’s Embarcadero Now Useless to the Film Industry (Streetsblog SF)
- When Metro Has a Breakdown/Police Action, They Show How Unprepared They Are (City Watch)
- Metro’s Fourth of July Art Tour Looks Kind of Awesome (The Source)
- We Have Herb Wesson to Kick Around for Awhile (LAT)
- DUI “Suspect” in Sherman Oaks Hits 30 Cars, Telephone Poll, Wasn’t Wearing Helmet (Daily News)
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