Today’s Headlines

  • Scooters aren’t an urban scourge, they’re a solution (LA Times)
    • But they do yell at people who try to steal them (Guardian)
  • Homes being relinquished by Caltrans in path of abandoned 710 freeway project can be bought by tenants (Pasadena Star News, Mercury News, CBS)
  • CA high speed rail has created 2,000 construction jobs (Construction Dive)
  • “Great Redwood Trail” wins Senate approval but needs funding (Press Democrat)
  • LA Metro plans train through Sepulveda Pass for ’28 Olympics (Breitbart)
  • Uber is trying to horn in on Lyft’s bid to buy bike-share operator Motivate (Axios)

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  • 🛴 My partner in crime found one of these blocking the way, and I when she rolled it aside it started screaming about calling the police. After that, she had fun showing people what they yell by rolling them hither and thither.