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By
Joe Linton
8:56 AM PDT on August 15, 2017
- Carnage: Cyclist Killed Trying To Prevent LB Hit-and-Run (LAT, Biking in L.A.)
…One Killed In 6-Vehicle Freeway Crash In Industry (SGV Tribune) - Curbed On Plans To Pedestrianize Front Of L.A. Union Station
- Stop Getting In Way Of Good Housing Development, Boyle Heights (LAT)
- ABC7 Gets It Mostly Right On New Van Nuys Scramble Intersection
…FWIW Earlier Valley Scramble Doing OK For Years At Owensmouth & Erwin - Three Teams Competing To Redevelop Lincoln Heights Jail (Urbanize)
- Long Beach Planning Rail Trail On Former Red Car Right-of-Way (Curbed)
- Fly-Through Video Of Jefferson Village USC Development (Urbanize)
- Study: Most L.A. Renters Don’t Plan To Settle Down Here (KPCC, L.A. Weekly)
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