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By Joe Linton

9:02 AM PDT on August 11, 2020

1,789 New COVID Cases In L.A. County, Increasing In Young People (LAT)
COVID-19 Downtown Bringing Down Rent, Especially In Luxury Housing (LAT)
Metro COVID Recovery Task Force Issues Third Report (The Source)
Judge Says Drivers Are Lyft/Uber Employees (LAist)
More On DTLA’s New 5th/6th Street Bus Lanes (The Source, Biking in L.A.)
Prosecutor Says LAPD Framed Brothers As Gang Members (LAT)
Watts Still Bears Scars From Riots (AP)
More On Santa Clarita Sheriff Deputies Drawing Guns On Black Youth Victims (LAT)
At Current Pace, It Would Take L.A. 20 Years To Defund Police (LAT)
Garcetti & Martinez Open New Bridge Housing At G Line Van Nuys Station Parking Lot (Daily News)
18-Story 200-Apartment Tower Planned By Metro Hollywood/Western Station (Urbanize)

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