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(For more on the new charges filed against Christine Dahab, visit Culver City Patch (who broke the story), LAist and Biking In L.A.)

Last Friday, the Baldwin Hills Conservancy, a county agency, awarded Culver City $570,000 to improve the intersection of Jefferson Boulevard and Hetzler road, the same intersection where Christine Dahab crashed into a group of stationary Midnight Ridazz early in the morning of June 16.  The improvements include the installation of a raised median near the intersection to differentiate the area surrounding the Scenic Overlook and the rest of the park from the industrial area around it, bike lanes from Duquense Avenue to the west to the City border to the east, a sidewalk on both sides of Jefferson and installation of a pedestrian signal at Hetzler.

Council Courage Trumps LADOT Lethargy on Hit and Run Epidemic (LA Weekly, LAist, LAT, CBS2) Christine Dahab Gets Year in Jail for Crash That Maimed Dozens of K-Town Ridazz (Biking in L.A.) The Media Narrative Is Changing on Express Lanes (CBS2) La Canada Flintridge Sets Aside $500,000 to Fight Big Dig (Star-News) 10 LA Bridges … Continued

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

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Featured Headline: I haven't seen an article on it anywhere, but Christine Dahab was arraigned yesterday on Felony DUI and briefly held on 100k bail.  Her family posted the bail and she was released.

Every Year, we break the Streetsies into three categories, "Best of Times," "Worst of Times" and "People of the Year."  We also give you a chance to correct our picks through Streetsblog polls.  The Best of Times is below.  The Worst of Times is tomorrow.

(Today begins our four-part end of the year coverage.  Tomorrow and Thursday will have our remaining Streetsie award announcements and Friday will feature some predictions for next year. - DN)

Last week, ABC ran another part of its ongoing "What's Bugging You" series, and for the second time the focus was on bicycling.  This time, it's "unexpected bike lanes" that are "bugging you."  Last time, it seemed that the mere existence of bicyclists was "bugging you."

At nearly 3:00 A.M. on the morning of June 16, a man was crossing Venice Boulevard heading North when he was struck by a black late-model Volkswagon Jetta heading west. The victims wife tells the story: