Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton

8:53 AM PDT on May 5, 2020

Newsom OKs Some CA Businesses Reopening This Week (LAT)...Garcetti: Not Safe To Re-Open L.A. With COVID-19 Deaths Still Rampant (LAT, Daily News)
Supervisor Hahn Calls For Requiring Masks For Transit Riders (LAT, NBC, Eastsider, Daily News)...Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Requiring Masks On Board Starting Today
Echo Park Lake Now Has One-Way Foot Traffic Signs (Reddit)
Democrats Charge Black Voter Disenfranchisement In North County Congress Seat Runoff (LAist)
Slow Neighborhood Streets In Bike Plan Were Never Implemented (Biking in L.A.)

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