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By Damien Newton

6:48 AM PST on December 9, 2013

Blue Line Fare Gates Will Be Latched on Wednesday (The Source)
Bicyclist Struck and Killed by Sheriff’s Car in Calabasas (CBS2, LAT)
Caltrans Predicts Massive Road Widening Will Be Massive (Daily News)
Downtown Arts Distrcit Will Get Half Acre Park in 2015 (DTLA News via Curbed)
Is Garcetti’s Top Aide Readying for a Run at Jose Huizar? (Daily News)
The Headlines About Metro’s Proposed Orange Line Urinals Are Awesome (LAT)
More Awards for “Gold Line Basket Bridge” Over the 210 (SGV Tribune)
CAHSRA Board to Seek Approval Again to Sell Bonds After Court Ruling… (CBS)
…As High Speed Rail Officials Claim Project Is on Schedule… (NBC Bay Area)
…But Newspaper Columnists Are Not Impressed (LAT)
81st Cyclist Killed in SoCal This Year…8 in Crashes with Trains (Biking in L.A.)
Paul Walker Fans Honor Him By Bringing Fast Cars to Memorial (LAT, Daily News)
It’s Really Cold and Windy, by Our Standards (Daily News)

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