Today’s Headlines

By Damien Newton

7:46 AM PDT on September 11, 2013

Metro Gives OK for Final Planning, Construction of Crenshaw Line (The Source)
Bike/Ped. Counts Get People Talking (CBS2, LAist, Patch)
Curren Price Has Developed Memory Problems on MyFigueroa! (Biking in L.A.)
Cedillo Wants Sidewalk Dining on North Figueroa (Eastsider)
#RoadBond Faces Long Road to Ballot (Daily News)
Legislation That Would Open Federal Funding Spigot to Metro, Other Agencies, Moving (The Source)
CEQA Reform Bill Now Includes Language on Displacement (CP&DR)
Oil Developers Want More Fracking...but Now So They Can Reach Oil Supply (Daily News)
City Hall Going After Venice Treehouse (LAT)
Alissa Walker's Takedown of the NYT Piece on LA's Tech Movement is Awesome (Gizmodo)

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