Today’s Headlines

9:36 AM PST on January 8, 2009

Police Brace for More Protests in Oakland Today Over BART Shooting (Merc, KTVU, Beyond Chron)
VTA Set to Approve Funding for BART Project Today (VTA Watch)
Study: Public Transit Riders Save an Average of $8,368 A Year by Not Driving (SF Examiner)
Muni Catching A Lot More Fare Evaders (SF Gate)
N-Judah Chronicles: 2009 "May Not Be So Bad" For Muni Riders
Schwarzenegger, Legislators to Try, Try Again on the Budget (SF Gate)
Republicans, Corporate Lobbyists Behind Efforts to Gut CEQA (Sac Bee)
Port of Oakland in Fight Over $5 Million in Clean Air Funds (Coco Times)
Lack of Good Press for the Bus and its Riders (Santa Rosa City Bus via Streetsblog Network)
San Rafael Gets Interirm Public Works Director (Marin IJ)

Bryan Goebel is a reporter at KQED Public Radio in San Francisco. A veteran journalist and writer, he helped launch Streetsblog SF in 2009 and served as editor for three years. He lives car-free in the Castro District.

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