Thursday’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
9:25 AM PDT on May 9, 2024
- More On Metro Scaling Back G/Orange Line Upgrades (Urbanize)
- Metro 605/5 Freeways Expansion Plans Expected To Be Shared This Month (SBLA Twitter)
- New (Draft?) Metro 605 Freeway Site Shows Proposals (@numble Twitter)
- Lopez: Older Adult Transit Expo Attendees Express Concerns About Metro Safety (LAT)
- Beverly Hills Scraps Proposed Additional Subway Station Entrance (Beverly Press)
- State Officials Tout Malibu PCH Safety Efforts (Daily Breeze, LAist, Fox11)
- South L.A. Pocket Park Nearly Completed (Urbanize)
- L.A. Council Moves To Plug Orphaned Oil Wells (Daily News)
- Carnage: Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pacoima Pedestrian (KTLA)
- Sylmar 5 Freeway Two-Truck Crash Severely Burns One Person (Daily News, KTLA, SC Signal)
- Long Beach Driver Crashes Into Parked Cars and Park, Injuring Person (Watchdog)
- LB Fixing Increased Potholes Due To Storms (LB Post)
- Newsom Touts Ten Years of Cap-and-Trade Climate Programs (LAT)
- Pasadena Women’s History Bike Ride This Sunday May 12 (Pasadena Now)
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