Today’s Headlines
Obama Inauguration Address Mentions Climate, Roads and Bridges (Grist) Transportation Secretary Nominee Ray Lahood to Get Confirmation Hearing Today (AP) Investing in Public Transit Will Lead to Job Creation (Ca. Progress Report) More on the Bay Area’s Stimulus Wish List (SFBG) Voter-Approved Environmental Projects on Hold Because of State Budget Crisis (LA Times) High School … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:58 AM PST on January 21, 2009
- Obama Inauguration Address Mentions Climate, Roads and Bridges (Grist)
- Transportation Secretary Nominee Ray Lahood to Get Confirmation Hearing Today (AP)
- Investing in Public Transit Will Lead to Job Creation (Ca. Progress Report)
- More on the Bay Area’s Stimulus Wish List (SFBG)
- Voter-Approved Environmental Projects on Hold Because of State Budget Crisis (LA Times)
- High School Students Demand Disarming of BART Cops (NBC11)
- Preservationists Fight Appointment to SF’s New Historic Preservation Committee (SFBG)
- Elderly Woman Struck by Hit-and-Run Driver While Walking to Church Dies (Merc)
- Worldwide Stocks of Unsold Cars Growing (Guardian UK via Global Economic Analysis)
- New San Jose Planning Commissioner Promises “Neighborhood Perspective” (Merc)
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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