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By Joe Linton

8:57 AM PDT on May 28, 2021

Metro Suspends 710 Freeway Widening, Stops Short Of Killing Project (LAT)
Metro More-or-Less Approves Fareless Pilot (LAT, NBC, LAist, The Source)
Sheriff Villanueva Says Deputy Gangs Don’t Exist, Are Also In Every Police Department (KNOCK.LA)
Avocado Heights Has Unincorporated L.A. County’s First Protected Bike Lanes (ActiveSGV Twitter)
Tomorrow Metrolink Launches Saturday Service To Ventura (SF Valley Biz Journal)
Union Station To Coachella Valley Rail In the Works (Urbanize)
South Bay Cities Might Do A Lot Of Sharrows (Biking in L.A.)
Seal Beach Seeks Millions In Offshore Oil Drilling Lawsuit (Press-Telegram)
Carnage: DTLA Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Cyclist Arrested (KTLA)
…Driver Strikes, Kills Woman In Long Beach (Press-Telegram)
…DUI Driver Kills Cyclist In Huntington Beach (Biking in L.A.)
…More People Walking Are Killed On L.A. Freeways (Eastsider)
L.A. Unhoused Camping Site Costs More Than $2,600 Per Tent, Per Month (NPR)
Council Approves $31M For Affordable Housing In Boyle Heights And West L.A. (Urbanize)
Debunking myths about Measure HHH Housing For Unhoused (Urbanize)
Uber Reneges On Flexibility It Gave Drivers To Support Prop 22 (LAT)

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