Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
9:42 AM PDT on July 31, 2013
- CEQA Reform Not Going Well (Capitol Public Radio)
- Funds for Regional Connector, Purple Line, Endangered in D.C. (The Source)
- Meanwhile Judge Dismisses Metro Attempt to End Lawsuit Against Connector (The Source)
- LA Still Says Parkway Vegetables Gardens Are Illegal (LAT)
- Will Beverly Hills Use Work Permits to Slow Subway Construction? (Bev. Hills Weekly via Curbed)
- Meanwhile, The Platoon of Lawsuits Against the Subway Route Roll On (Courthouse News)
- Editorial: Your Car iS Spying on You (LAT)
- TAP Is So Awful It Stops People from Using Metro (City Watch)
- Manhattan Beach School Board Member Attacked on Ballona Creek Bike Path (Easy Reader)
- I Thought We Were Going to Have More Cops on That Path? (Orange 20)
- Metro Meeting on Union Station This Thursday (DTLA News)
- Council Ok’s Public Works Board (LAT)
- Wi-Fi Everywhere! (KPCC)
- 405 Crash Closes 4 Lanes on the 405 (Daily News)
- Ok, Who’s Writing the Headlines at Metro These Days? (The Source)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
PS – Joe Linton and Carrie Lincourt welcomed their baby girl yesterday. She’s healthy and Mom and Dad are resting.
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