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LA’s Green Car Revolution Not As Green As Advertised (LAT) California’s COVID Cases, Spiking or Steadily Growing? (LAT) Learn About the Past and Future of the 710 Battle in Long Beach, Tomorrow at 6! (Instagram) One in Five LAPD Officers Don’t Turn on Body Cams When Required (Daily News) Editorial : South LA ResidEnts Shouldn’t … Continued

By Damien Newton

9:46 AM PDT on July 21, 2021

LA’s Green Car Revolution Not As Green As Advertised (LAT)
California’s COVID Cases, Spiking or Steadily Growing? (LAT)
Learn About the Past and Future of the 710 Battle in Long Beach, Tomorrow at 6! (Instagram)
One in Five LAPD Officers Don’t Turn on Body Cams When Required (Daily News)
Editorial : South LA ResidEnts Shouldn’t Suffer Because of LAUSD’s Fireworks Screwup (LAT)
Long Beach Moving to Crack Down on Dangerous Car “Street Takeovers (LBPost)
Reservoir Levels So Low Hydropower Plants Could Go Offline (LAT)
Check Out LA’s Proposed Bus Shelters (Urbanize)
Uber and Lyft Drivers Strike (LAT)

Infrastructure Week Update:

Reps. “Force” Dems to Drop Crackdowns on Tax Cheats (Reuters)
Progressives Jumping Off Ship. (Politico)
South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham Won’t Support Bi-Partisan Plan, SC Has Worst Roads in Country (Raw Story)

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