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Why Officials Are Ditching The Apocalyptic Messaging This Year
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky comments on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's vote 7-2 Thursday May 24, 2012, to approve a disputed plan to route a subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School for the extension of the Purple Line at a MTA board meeting in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky comments on the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority's vote 7-2 Thursday May 24, 2012, to approve a disputed plan to route a subway tunnel under Beverly Hills High School for the extension of the Purple Line at a MTA board meeting in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Last year in the run-up to Carmageddon, officials were downright apocalyptic about what the full closure of the 405 Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass would mean.

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