Tuesday’s Headlines
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10:03 AM PDT on April 9, 2024
- Eclipse scenes from across the country (LAT; WaPo; NPR)
- L.A. looks to facilitate affordable housing on church-owned land (Urbanize)
- Placemaking
- A look at Southern California Car Culture’s earliest days (Daily News)
- Old Town Monrovia’s LGBTQ bookstore had high hopes. After repeated abuse, its future is uncertain (SGV Tribune)
- The L.A. island that was home to seven decades of ‘lost communities’ (LAT)
- Bill would allow LA to lease Caltrans space to store RVs from homeless encampments (Daily News)
- Mobility
- Tesla settles lawsuit over man’s death in a crash involving its semi-autonomous driving software (AP)
- LA Once Had A Bicycle Freeway. What Happened to 1900’s Cyclist Dream? (LAist)
- Repairs on Big Sur’s collapsed Highway 1 start this week. No telling when they will end (LAT)
- Startup looks to UP tracks to create overnight route between SF and LA (KTLA); It’s been in the works for a while (2023 LAT story)f
- Climate/Environment
- Attendees vocalize frustration over USC links to fossil fuel industry at research forum (Daily Trojan)
- This SoCal hazardous waste facility could get a new permit despite past violations (LAT)
- EPA mulls tougher limits on new gas power plants as 2024 election nears (WaPo), New rule mandates 200 US plants to reduce toxic emissions linked to cancer (Guardian)
- European court rules on cases seeking to force countries to meet climate goals (AP; NPR)
- Horror
- New WIC rules include more money for fruits and veggies. They also expand food choices (KTLA)
- Baltimore dockworkers watch, wait as leaders promise swift progress (WaPo)
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Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.
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