Today’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:29 AM PDT on May 8, 2023
- Unionized Metro Workers Challenged Non-Union Ambassador Hirings (Pasadena Now)
- Metro $9B Proposed Budget Expands Homeless Outreach, Cleaning, Rail Operations (Daily News)
…and increases freeway widening, while shrinking rail construction - Anti-KDL Protestor Arrested At City Council Meeting (LAT)
- Nimbys Want Bikes Out Of New Palisades Park (Biking in L.A.)
- Carnage: Wrong-Way Driver Killed On 101 In East Hollywood (KTLA, Reddit)
…Person Severely Injured In Mid-Wilshre Two-Car Crash (KTLA)
…Driver Hits, Kills Pedestrian In Santa Ana (KTLA)
…Santa Clarita 5 Freeway Crash Sends Five People To Hospital (SC Signal)
…Wrestling Celebrity Arrested For DUI Crashes In Hollywood (LAT, Daily News)
…Ventura 101 Wrong-Way Freeway Driver Arrested For DUI (KTLA) - 278-Apartment Complex Planned By Sepulveda E Line Station (Urbanize)
- Council Approves $22.7M For Van Nuys Affordable Housing (Urbanize)
- Deliberate Market Slowdown Slows Initial Measure ULA Revenue (LAT)
- Santa Clarita To Host Bike Ride This Saturday (SC Signal)
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