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By Damien Newton

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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