Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:10 AM PDT on August 14, 2014
- 12 Great Aspects of L.A. Public Transit, You’ll Be Amazed By Number 3! (Thrillist)
- 1 Dead, 14 Injured In South El Monte Truck Collision That Shuts Down 60 Freeway (KPCC, LAT)
- How Much Should Parking Scofflaws Pay? (Downtown News)
- Feds Approve CA HSR Central Valley To Build 114 Miles Fresno to Bakersfield (LAT)
But, A Day Later, CA HSR Still Purchasing Needed Real Estate (LAT) - Metro Crenshaw Line Construction Hurting Local Businesses (KABC)
- Expanded Marsh Park Opening on L.A. River This Saturday (KCET)
- Opinion: Uber & Lyft Shennanigans Make Companies Look Untrustworthy (LAT)
- Technical Details About Driverless Cars vs. Driverless Trains (Let’s Go L.A.)
- Is There Affordable Housing in Santa Monica’s “Ominous Overbuilt Future”? (Santa Monica Next)
- Some Pasadena Parking Meters Retooled to Accept Donations for Homeless (KPCC)
- San Diego Wrong-Way Driver Injures 8 Cyclists (Biking in L.A., KTLA)
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