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By Damien Newton

8:03 AM PST on January 13, 2014

Curbed Readers Right! It’s Weird Promise Zones Exclude South L.A.
A Denser Glendale Is Scaring Caltrans…What If All Those New People Get on Highways? (News-Press)
Breaking: LAX Bad for Air Quality of Neighbors (CBS2)
Cyclist Killed by Tour Bus in South L.A., Bike Stolen As She Died (Biking in L.A.)
FAA Asks Judge to Dismiss Suit that Could Lead to Partial Closure of SMO in 2015 (Santa Monica Next)
Brown Defends Funding Proposal for High Speed Rail (SacBee)
But the Times “Reporter” on HSR Still Critical (LAT)
Lookout Writer Jason Islas Gives Personal Coverage of Race to Replace Zev (Jason Islas)
8 L.A. Libraries Re-Opening After Budgets Restored (LAist)
A Summary of Eco-Village’s Rocking 20th Anniversary (Eco-Village)
The Sad State of Traffic Safety in NELA’s Streets (Walk Eagle Rock)
No Pants Day on the Subway Photoblog (Daily News)
How Shoupian Economics Can Solve BART’s Parking Problems (Mercury Roadshow)

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