Friday’s Headlines
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By
Joe Linton
7:00 AM PDT on May 9, 2025
- Metro’s The Source Introduces Chief Bill Scott
- L.A. City Quietly Shuts Down BlueLA Car-Share (L.A. Taco)
- To Balance Budget, L.A. Council Looks To Cut PD Hiring (LAT)
- Metro Offers Cyclists Free Rides On Bike Day May 15 (KTLA)
- More On Metro Temporarily Closing D Line Subway Through July (LAT, KTLA)
- Tenants Protest Landlord Utility Fees (Public Press)
- Long Beach Restoring Wetlands At Former Oil Well Site (LB Post)
- Caltrans Dedicates Monument To Workers Killed By Drivers (Daily News, Spectrum1, Caltrans D7 YouTube)
- Carnage: Police Seek South L.A. Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Ped (KTLA, KCAL)
- Police Seek South L.A. Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Cyclist (KCAL)
- Spring Temperatures Soar (KNBC)
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