Today’s Headlines
Streetsblog will be off Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day - back on Tuesday
By
Joe Linton
9:09 AM PDT on October 8, 2021
- CicLAvia Returns To Heart Of L.A. This Sunday
- Cargo Ship Congestion Brings Polluted Air To So. Cal (Grist)
- LAPD Fireworks Detonation Damage Costs Top $1.2M And Climbing (LAT)
- Youth Climate Demonstrations At L.A. City Hall (Downtown News)
- LAT Again Sees Cost Overruns As Threat To CA High-Speed Rail
- Rancho Palos Verdes Won’t Shuttle To Nature Park (Daily Breeze)
- Manhattan Beach Trims Dining Areas To Add Back Parking (Daily Breeze)
- Carnage: Suspect Arrested In Fatal North Hills Hit-and-Run (Daily News)
…Detectives Seek Public’s Help In Fatal Diamond Bar Hit-and-Run (SGV Tribune) - Homeboy Industries Plans 5-Story 157-Units Affordable Housing In Chinatown (Urbanize)
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