Today’s Headlines
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8:48 AM PST on January 7, 2021
- Seditious rioters, goaded by Trump, attack U.S. Capitol during routine certification of electoral college vote (CNN)
- They attacked other capitals, too, including Sacramento (Sacramento Bee, New York Times)
- Republican representatives–among them CA Senate Minority Leader Shannon Grove–try to blame antifa (Capitol Weekly, LA Times)
- Gentle police response to Capitol rioters reveals double standard on race (SF Chronicle)
- Health officials: L.A. is losing its battle against COVID (LA Times)
- LA Mayor Garcetti blames COVID outbreak on …. L.A.’s density (Planetizen)
- “Slow Streets” disrupted city planning–what next? (CityLab)
- The U.S. could make SUVs much less deadly (CityLab)
- Newsom’s proposed economic recover plan emphasizes clean vehicles (CalMatters)
- Study: Uber, Lyft contributed to rise in car ownership (Green Car Congress, Courthouse News)
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