Today’s Headlines
For the Labor Day weekend, Streetsblog L.A. will publish lightly today and return on Tuesday.
By
Joe Linton
9:23 AM PDT on September 2, 2022
- Climate Apocalypse Watch: Severe Heatwave Breaking So Cal Records (LAT, CNN, Guardian)
…And It’s Not Letting Up Before Next Wednesday (Daily News)
…The Hillsides Are Burning – (LAT: Castaic – San Diego – Yosemite, NPR, CBS)
…And It’s Too Hot For Firefighters (LAT)
…reminder: about half of L.A. County greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation, about 4/5ths of that is from car tailpipes (Metro) - LAPD Releases Video In Petit Shooting (@sahrasulaiman Twitter)
- Bicycling Profiles Jimmy Lizama and His Koreatown Shop Relámpago Wheelery
- Metro Running Football Game Shuttle From C (Green) Line Hawthorne/Lennox Station (The Source)
- Carnage: One Dead In Car vs. Truck Crash In Palmdale (KTLA)
- Whittier Approves 52-Apartment Complex, Despite Parking Concerns (Whittier Daily News)
- A Tour Of Some L.A. Red Car Relics (The Reid Less Traveled YouTube)
- L.A. Gas Prices Set Labor Day Weekend Record (LAT)
For the Labor Day weekend, Streetsblog L.A. will publish lightly today and return on Tuesday.
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