Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

Activists Push on Hollywood Fault Lines, Why Didn’t the City? (LAT) 10 Months Later, CBS Noticed the City Has a “New” Crosswalks Program Garcetti Shakes Up Police Commission. All Commishes Changed But One (LAT, Daily News) WeHo Wants Help Setting Bike Priorities (WeHo Bike) CicloSDia a Success. Can’t Wait for the Next One (Bike SD) … Continued

By Damien Newton

8:40 AM PDT on August 15, 2013

Activists Push on Hollywood Fault Lines, Why Didn’t the City? (LAT)
10 Months Later, CBS Noticed the City Has a “New” Crosswalks Program
Garcetti Shakes Up Police Commission. All Commishes Changed But One (LAT, Daily News)
WeHo Wants Help Setting Bike Priorities (WeHo Bike)
CicloSDia a Success. Can’t Wait for the Next One (Bike SD)
Is L.A. Coming Into Its Own? Interesting Q and A with Bruce Katz (LA Mag)
New Regulations for Turning at Palms and Motor Ave Pit Drivers Against Homeowners (LAT, Curbed)
MTA Crash in NoHo Leaves Woman Dead (Daily News)
Elon Musk’s Hyperloop Might Not Really Be So Much Cheaper or as Practical as HSR (WaPo, Mercury)
Of Course, There’s This Cool 1909 Plan With Dirigibles on a Ski Lift to Try To (Curbed)

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