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By Joe Linton

8:31 AM PDT on May 7, 2021

Curbed‘s Alissa Walker Interviews Striding Superhero Peatónito
Research Links Traffic Related Pollution To Markers For Cardiovascular Disease In Children (USC Env Health Ctrs)
Sheriff’s Officials Refuse To Name Deputy Who Killed Fred Williams III (LAT)
Sheriff’s Dept Responds To Video Of Lancaster Arrest, Protest Planned For Friday (AV Times)
Court Says OK For LAPD To Have “Psychologically Tortured” 13-Year-Old To Get Confession (Witness L.A.)
Air Quality District Looks At New Warehouse Rules (LAist)
Cedillo Motion Would Expand DASH In Highland Park-Glassell Park (Eastsider)
Carnage: Driver Kills One, Injures Three In Crash In Palmdale Area (AV Times)
…Driver Arrested In Fatal Sun Valley Crash (Daily News)
…Four Injured, One Critically In Hollywood Car Crash (WeHoVille)
Driver Crashes Truck Into Santa Clarita Firehouse (SC Signal)
Activist Urge Less Funding To LAPD, End To Oil Drilling (Daily News)
Affordable Housing And Education Center Planned For Little Tokyo Site (Urbanize)
El Monte Prepares Purchased Hotel Sites For Project Homekey (SGV Tribune)
L.A. City Approves $25M To Three Measure HHH Challenge Projects (Urbanize)
So. Cal Ride-Hail Prices Soar As Demand Returns Faster Than Drivers (ABC7)

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