Today’s Headlines

10:03 AM PST on February 12, 2009

Transit News Disappointing in Final Stimulus but HSR Gets a Boost (AP via Transport Politic)
Transit Takes a $459 Million Hit in State Budget Deal But Will it Pass? (LAT, Ca.Progress Rep.)
BART Board to Get Update on Police Oversight Committee (SF Gate)
SF Park Rangers Want to Carry Guns and Get Full Law-Enforcement Status (SF Weekly)
ABC 7: "Violent Muni Altercation Caught on Tape"
Potential Conflict with SF Mayor's Development Advisor? (Fog City Journal)
LA's MTA in a Dispute With Italy's AnsaldoBreda Over Train Car Purchase (NYT)
Beer and Nudity Out at SF'S Beloved Bay to Breakers Race (SF Gate, SFBG)
Portland Cyclist Known as "Reverend Phil" Exonerated on Resisting Arrest Charges (The Oregonian)
As the Amgen Tour Draws Near the Sac Bee Recounts the Area's Bicycling History

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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