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Rick Thorpe

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2010

    MTA Approves $28.5 Million Expo Increase, As Gloria Molina Fumes

    ​The MTA board today agreed to pay $28.5 million to compensate the Expo Line contractor for delays, boosting the project's budget to $927.4 million.The board discussed the settlement in closed session before approving it, 8-0, in public. Supervisor Gloria Molina, who was not present for the public ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2010

    Expo Line Contractor Awarded $25-30 Million For Delays

    Cover illustration by Curt Merlo​Meeting in closed session on Thursday, the Exposition Metro Line Construction Authority board agreed to pay a settlement to resolve a long-running dispute with the rail project's contractor.Sources said the board agreed to pay something in the range of $25-30 milli ... More >>

  • News

    December 2, 2010

    L.A.'s Light-Rail Fiasco

    How rail service to the Westside jumped the track

  • News

    September 29, 2005

    Human Tracks

    Forgotten bones dug up by Gold Line project in Boyle Heights

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