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• Explosion on Spring Closes Traffic

  ABC7 reports LAFD closed and rerouted traffic this morning after an underground transformer exploded on West 4th and Spring.

  abclocal.go.com – Feb 18
• TAP Cards Repacing Day Passes

  LAist reports by March 15, the $5 fare for day passes will now be on the refillable TAP cards.

  LAist – Feb 17
• Little Tokyo Galleria Opening

  Angelenic has news of the new Galleria Market (replacing closed Mitsuwa Market) soft opening in stages over these next three weeks.

  www.angelenic.com – Feb 16
• Street Lighting Initiative Unveiled Today

  Former President Bill Clinton will join Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa at City Hall today to kick off a five year project installing energy-efficient LED street lighting.

  LAist – Feb 16
• Mixed-Use "Blossom Plaza" Project Now Delayed

  Chinatown's Blossom Plaza Development is on hold and looking for a new investor after their equity partner backed out.

  Downtown News – Feb 13
• Mayoral Candidates on Solar Energy

  LA Times poses a question on Measure B, (the solar power measure up for vote March3rd) to the candidates for LA City Mayor.

  LA Times – Feb 13
• Grand Avenue Project May Avoid Fines

  LAT reports that the developers of Grand Avenue Project may have fines (for construction delays) waived by City/County Board.

  LA Times – Feb 12
• Friday Night Depression Happy Hour

  LA Weekly has an inside view of the Friday night "Depression Happy Hour" at the Edison, including soup line and 35 cent martinis.

  www.laweekly.com – Feb 12
• Amtrak Forces LA Photog to Delete Images

  Photography rights blog Discarted covers an incident at Union Station in which Amtrak security intimidated a photographer to delete his images.

  discarted.wordpress.com – Feb 12
• 2-1-1 Day in LA

  LAFD blog reminds everyone about your 24hr Health and Human Services outreach number 2-1-1.

  lafd.blogspot.com – Feb 11