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By Joe Linton

9:23 AM PST on March 6, 2014

L.A. City Pressure Cancels Popular Wolfpack Marathon Race (LASB, KPCC)
Plug Pulled Because LAPD Just Trying To Keep People Safe (LAT)
Looks Like Ridazz Will Crash the Marathon Anyway (LA Weekly)
Wolfpack Cancelation a Sign that L.A. is Backsliding on Being Bikey (Flying Pigeon)

How Latino Civil Rights Struggles Re-made East L.A. (PPS)
Shocker: Downtown Los Angeles is Actually Urban (Politico)
Long Sad Story of Beverly Hills Voting Against SM Blvd Bike Lanes (Better Bike)
Metro Already Digging Deep For Purple Line Extension (The Source)
L.A. River Getting Water Wheel (Daily News) and Expanded Marsh Park (Eastsider)
OC Cities Dana Point and San Clemente Support Protected Bikeway (OC Register h/t BikinginLA)
Fatal Car-Bike Collision Near USC (ATVNews) Maybe Some Kind of Nearby Protected Facility Could Help? (Nah)

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