Today’s Headlines
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8:06 AM PST on January 9, 2014
- Blue Line Receiving Billion Dollar Overhaul: New Cars, Safer Trains (The Source, Curbed, LAT)
- Feds Designate Poorer L.A. Communities for Increased Federal Aid (LAT)
- L.A. Weekly Doubles and Triples Down on Its Outrage Over Stoned Driving Crackdowns
- Despite Years of Progress is Southland Air Still Making Us Sick? (Pasadena Weekly)
- Central City Ready for Year of Major Developments (DTLA News)
- SaMo Seeking Consensus Over Greenway Plan Connecting Schools (SaMo Next)
- The No Pants Metro Ride Is Sunday (LAist)
- Pope Picks Up Hitchhiker in Pope Mobile (Gawker)
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It’s going to be a little lighter than usual today, Sahra and I are interviewing the finalists for the L.A. writer position.
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