Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
10:00 AM PDT on August 1, 2014
- CA HSR Prevails Over Funding Plan Lawsuit (LAT)
- The Planning Report Interviews Soon-To-Be LADOT GM Seleta Reynolds
- Opinion: Happy About Court Victory Over L.A.’s Rigged Parking System (LA Register)
- Erick Huerta Looks At LAPD Social Media (L.A. Taco)
- NoHo “Hit-and-Run Accident” Driver Kills Pedestrian (Daily News)
- More On Controller Galperin’s Street Services Audit (LAT, LA Register)
- Expo Phase 2 Gets Wires! (The Source)
- L.A. Times Overviews Re:Code L.A.
- Throwback Thursday: When Target Had Targeted SM (Santa Monica Next)
- A Skeptical Take on All That Proprietary Smart City Share-Tech (Price Tags)
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