Wednesday’s Headlines
Special Session, LA-SLO-SD Amtrak Corridor, Heatwave, more...
8:51 AM PDT on October 2, 2024
- Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Gasoline Storage (Union-Trib)
- How Is the Rest of Special Session Going to Work? (SacBee)
- Gov. Signs Bill Giving Power to State Over Southland AMTRAK Corridor (Register)
- More on Transit Agency Funding Woes (Marketplace)
- Excessive Heat Returns to the Southland This Week (Union-Trib)
- Vomiting, Cramping, Illness. Heatwave Crushes Students (LB Post)
- October Heat Likely Means Fires (LAT)
- “Safe Sleeping” Sites Seeing More People, Tents (Union-Trib)
- CA’s Most Recent COVID Surge Has Peaked (LAT)
- More on Giant Chicken that Came out of Nowhere, Wasn’t Wearing Reflective Clothing (MissionLocal)
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