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By Joe Linton

8:22 AM PDT on October 3, 2019

How Strip Malls Took Over Much of Los Angeles (Curbed)
Daily News On Walk To School Day
Apparent Suicide Slams Into Expo Train in DTLA (LAFD Twitter, Reddit)
Downtown News Previews This Sunday’s CicLAvia
Wheelchair Photo Jolted Readers To Be More Aware Of Sidewalk Issues (LAT)
Carnage: Driver Guilty Of Murder In Crash That Killed Three In Huntington Beach (LAT)
Downey Resident Wins L.A.’s Safest Driver Contest (NY Times)
Los Feliz Ledger On New North Atwater L.A. River Multi-Use Bridge
Construction Underway For 44-Unit Mariachi Plaza Housing (Curbed)
57-Story Tower Planned For Figueroa/Olympic Car Wash Site (Urbanize, Curbed)
5-Story 284-Unit Gold Line Adjacent Mixed-Use Planned (Urbanize)
County Switches To Second Choice Developer for 3rd Street East L.A. Site (Urbanize)
‘Keep Pasadena Moving’ Leader Says Safety Fads Create Problems (Pasadena Now)
Argonaut Interviews Councilmember Mike Bonin On Homelessness
…Bonin Pushes To Expand Innovative Homelessness Initiatives

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