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By Joe Linton

8:54 AM PDT on July 7, 2022

Metro Breaks Ground On Rail 2 Rail Bike/Walk Path (LAist, The Source)
Study: LA/LB Ports Not Doing Enough For Neighbors And Workers (Capital & Main)
Griffith Park Car-Free Road Could Be Beginning Of Revolution (LAT)
…LAT Editorial: Do More Car-Free Park Roads
LADOT Stripes New Bike Lane On Grand In South L.A. (LADOT Twitter)
Woman Arrested For Attacking South L.A. Street Vendor (Yahoo)
KNOCK-LA Sues LAPD To Release Bodycam Footage
Carnage: Man Accused Of Endangerment For Child Ped Killed On 5 Freeway (Daily News, SC Signal)
…Two Children Killed In Off-Road Hit-and-Run Crash Near Victorville (Daily Bulletin)
…DUI Suspect Crashed Into Car, Fled On Foot, Apprehended (Norwalk Patriot)
New Details On Norwalk Civic Center Development (Urbanize)
Higher Gas Prices Make Small Dent In Emissions (SGV Tribune)
Some History of the 2 Freeway (LAist)
…no mention of the NELA homes Caltrans tore down to build the 2

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