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By Joe Linton

9:15 AM PST on November 16, 2020

Weekend COVID-19 Surge Alarms L.A. Officials (LAT)
…L.A. County Seeing 3,000+ New COVID Cases Daily (Daily News)
Families Now Moving Into Caltrans El Sereno Homes Officially (LAist)
L.A. Community Colleges End Sheriffs Policing (Daily News)
Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In Pasadena (Pasadena Now, Pasadena Complete Streets Coalition)
…Peter Flax tweet notes this took place where Nimbys killed safety project
…Wrong-Way Driver Kills Cyclist In Head-On Claremont Crash (Biking in L.A., Claremont Courier)
…Driver Kills 2-Year-Old East Of Lake Los Angeles (Daily News)
…Driver Crash Injures Five, One Gravely, In Pacoima (Daily News)
Traffic Victims Commemorate World Day Of Remembrance (Biking in L.A., CBS2)
CHP Looks To Curb L.A. Street Racing (Daily News)
7-Story 228-Unit Koreatown Housing Development Tops Out (Urbanize)
L.A. Podcast Interviews Councilmember-Elect Nithya Raman
…L.A. Podcast Blog Questions LAT Editorial Page
Biden Victory Reassures L.A. DACA Recipients (LAist)

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