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By Joe Linton

8:13 AM PDT on June 23, 2015

Obese Americans Now More Prevalent Than Merely Overweight Ones (LAT)
How Car-Dependent Sprawl Fails Our Senior Populations (Vox via Price Tags)
Planned New DTLA Historic Core Hotel, Parking: 0 Cars, 18 Bikes (Curbed)
State Selects Affordable Housing Projects To Receive Cap-and-Trade Funds (KPCC)
Malibu Considering PCH Improvements, Including More Bike Lane (Curbed)
San Bernardino SBX BRT Fast, Ridership Less Than Projected (Press Enterprise)
Carnage: In Northridge, Drunk Collides With Car Killing Other Driver (LAT)
Sights To See At Sunday’s River Ride (CiclaValley)

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