Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:06 AM PDT on October 8, 2020
- L.A. County Reported Highest COVID-19 Totals In Six Weeks (LAT, KTLA)
- Maps Show Air Pollution Plus COVID A Deadly Mix (LAT)
- Exide Battery Factory Settlement Allows No Toxic Cleanup (L.A. Taco)
- Research Finds L.A. Police Stop/Arrest Blacks Three Times More Than Whites (SGV Tribune)
- Echo Park Neighborhood Council Pushes For Scramble Crosswalk At Sunset/Alvarado (Eastsider)
- Lyft/Uber Push Prop 22 Message To People’s Phones (LAT)
…Streetsblog endorsement: vote no on 22 - New Designs For San Pedro Waterfront Revitalization (Urbanize)
- Arcadia Subsidiary Of Chinese Company To Pay $1M In L.A. Bribery Scandal (SGV Tribune)
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