Wednesday’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:38 AM PST on January 17, 2024
- D (Purple Line) Extension Subway Opening Pushed To 2025 (Beverly Press)
- Subway Construction Includes Wilshire Lane Closures (Beverly Press)
- Take Survey Online To Recommend WeHo First/Last Mile Improvements (WeHoOnline)
- Carnage: Driver Killed In Three-Car Crash In Palmdale (AV Times)
- Speeding Driver Kills Koreatown E-Scooter Rider (L.A. Eco-Village)
- Person Transported To Hospital From Santa Clarita Car-Motorcycle Crash (SC Signal)
- Driver Crashes Into Smoke Shop In Eagle Rock (KTLA)
- PCH Isn’t the Only Unsafe Road In Malibu (Malibu Times)
- 35-Story Affordable Housing Proposed Along 101 In Hollywood (Urbanize)
- 138-Unit Affordable Housing Proposed In Boyle Heights (Urbanize)
- WeHo E-Scooter Rider Crashes Into Pedestrian Causing Head Injury (WeHoOnline)
- E-Scooter Usage And Injuries Both Rising (SMDP)
- Cold Air Lid Locks In Harmful L.A. Air Pollution (LAT)
- Metro Joins KBLA Climate Justice Campaign (Talkers, CEO Wiggins Instagram)
- Metro climate injustice efforts – freeway widenings – cause much more climate harms than Metro transit helps
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