Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
8:54 AM PDT on April 23, 2020
- Coronavirus Could Be Leveling Off In L.A. County (LAT)
…CA COVID-19 Deaths Rising, Stay-at-Home Remains (LAT) - Outbreak On Skid Row, Are Shelters Safe? (Curbed)
- CA Hasn’t Taken Advantage Of Empty Hotels To House People (Curbed)
- L.A. City Council Fails To Approve Eviction Ban (LAT, Daily News)
- More On Operation Gridlock Drive-Through Protest (LAT, LAist)
- Triple-Digit Speeding Up During Stay-at-Home (SGV Tribune)
…Study: Car Crashes Down During Stay-at-Home (Urbanize)
…Deadly Street Racing Continues On L.A. Streets During COVID-19 Lull (LAT)
…Some Rush Hour Traffic Making A Comeback (Reddit) - Gas Sales Down, Mini-Mart Sales Up (LAist)
- Shutdown Makes It Clearer How Toxic Cars Are (LAT)
- CA High-Speed Rail Authority Approves Union Station Run-Through (Urbanize)
- More On L.A. County’s CA Transit Infrastructure TIRCP Grants (Urbanize)
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