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By Joe Linton

8:53 AM PST on January 9, 2024

2023 was the hottest year on record

Metro Budget Austerity Doom Messaging: Agency Facing Fiscal Not-Quite-Cliff (Daily News)
Pasadena Recruiting New Transportation Dept Head (Pasadena Now, SGV Tribune)
Santa Monica Adding More Four-Way Stops For Safety (SM Next)
Metrolink Antelope Valley Line Service Suspended This Weekend (SC Signal)
A Look Into the History Of L.A. Smog (LAist)
Carnage: Driver Killed, Impaled In Crash With Lumber Truck On Chatsworth Freeway (LAT, KTLA, Daily News)
- Driver Kills Pedestrian In Palmdale (2UrbanGirls)
- High Speed Hit-and-Run Raises More Concerns Over PCH In Malibu (SM Mirror)
- Urgency To Fix Deadly PCH After 3 Recent Traffic Deaths (LB Post)
Clean Vehicle Tax Credit Makes EVs More Affordable (LAist)
Feds Back CA School Bus Electrification (SGV Tribune)
Did AI Write This LAT Story About Solving CA Traffic Problems?
2023 Was Hottest Year On Record, By A Lot (Guardian)

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