Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:00 AM PST on December 8, 2014
- A Successful South L.A. CicLAvia, Includes Reporter’s Pleasant Spin on Bike (ABC7)
- L.A. Deputy Mayor Rick Cole: Walkability Better Than Starchitecture (Planning Report)
- Shocker: Drivers Unhappy With $1.15 Billion 405 Freeway Project (LAT)
- Privacy Could Be Issue With New Mileage-Based User Fee (LAT)
- DTLA Palmer Construction Site Burns, Closes 101 and 110 Freeways (KPCC)
- Opinion: L.A. Needs A Smarter Data-Driven Approach to Street Trash (LAT)
- Foothill Gold Line Testing Trains on Tracks Starting Today (The Source)
- Curbed Explains Planned LAX Rail Connector
- Carnage: Truck Crash Kills Man on 210 Freeway Off-Ramp (Pasadena Star News)
- Dennis Hindman Sets Sales Tax Facts Straight at City Watch L.A.
- “Extend-By-Phone” Parking Payment App Debuts in Glendale (Glendale News-Press)
- Fresno To Vote on Smart Growth Plan (Fresno Bee)
- Anonymous Donor Gives $400,000 to CicLAvia (LAT)
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