Wednesday’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
10:14 AM PDT on July 5, 2023
- Pasadena Now Offering E-Bike Rebates (LAist, Pasadena Now)
- Alert: L.A. City Planning Highland Project, Ignoring Approved Bike Lanes (Streets for All)
- Construction Starts Today On La Brea Bus Lanes (The Source, Larchmont Buzz)
- Sheriff Department To Investigate Lancaster Use-of-Force Incident (LAT)
- Feds Award $25M For Brightline High-Speed Rail Stations In Hesperia, Apple Valley (Urbanize)
- More On Metro And Caltrans Widening 57/60 Freeway (ABC7)
- Decent Caltrans/Metro Bike Upgrades Completed On Burbank Blvd Bridge (SBLA Twitter)
- Dozens Protest Long Beach Oil Drilling (LB Post)
- Whittier Looking To Implement Shuttle (Whittier Daily News)
- Fireworks Mean Poor Air Quality (KTLA)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills, Drags Wilmington Person Setting Off Fireworks (Daily Breeze, LAT, KTLA)
- Person Killed, Four People Hospitlized In 71 Freeway Crash In Pomona (SGV Tribune)
- 364-Apartment Complex Opens In Ktown, Near Wilshire/Western (Urbanize)
- Riding the Bus As Climate Bliss (Knee Deep Times)
- Tuesday Was World’s Hottest Day On Record, Surpassing Monday’s Record (Guardian, LAT)
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