Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:06 AM PDT on August 17, 2021
- Metro CEO Wiggins Outlines Priorities For Little Tokyo, Metro System (Rafu Shimpo)
- Push For Actual Complete Streets At Transportation Committee Today (Biking in L.A.)
- Starting Tomorrow, Metro Hosting Hearings On Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Upgrades (AV Times)
- LAPD Fireworks Blast Victims: Fix Our Homes Now (LAist)
- Inglewood To Crack Down On Street Racing Including Spectators (2UrbanGirls)
- L.A. Magazine Looks Into the Fundraising Race In 2022 Council Elections
…Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas Says He’s Not Running For Mayor (L.A. Magazine) - Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In Sylmar (Daily News, KTLA5)
…Man Charged In Encino Deadly Wrong Way Freeway Crash (Daily News)
…Person Trapped In Freeway Crash In Industry (SGV Tribune) - Telsa Autopilot Crashes Under Investigation (SGV Tribune)
- Driverless Taxis Coming To Santa Monica This Month (SMDP)
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