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By Joe Linton

8:54 AM PDT on September 1, 2020

Sheriff Deputies Shoot, Kill South L.A. Bicyclist (NYT, LAT, NBC, Open Source Intelligence, Daily News)
CA Passes 5-Month Eviction Protection Legislation (LAT)
August Was Deadliest COVID-19 Month For CA (LAT)
Driver Deliberately Rams Into Shoe Store On Melrose (@yeezyqueue Twitter)
Curren Price Paved Way For Reef Billboards, Then Got Big Campaign Expenditures (LAT)
Metro Reforming Its Policing (Transit Center)
Equitable Eagle Rock Update: Attend Tonight’s 7 p.m. Bus Rapid Transit Presentation (Change.org)
Mini-Permanent All Black Lives Matter Mural Painted On Hollywood (Daily News)
Carnage: Stolen Car Driver Kills Man In Gardena (Daily Breeze)
Inclusive Action Interviews Street Vendor Patty Archuleta
Rancho Palos Verdes Eliminating Public Parking For Coastal Open Space (Legal Planet)
Gehry The Grand Complex Is Halfway Done (Urbanize)
Take LADOT’s Stresss-Free Connections Survey (Survey Monkey)
Take Metro’s G (Orange) Line Sepulveda Station First/Last Mile Survey (The Source)

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