Today’s Headlines
MTA Moves to Exert Control Over SFPD’s Traffic Company (SF Gate) New CEQA Guidelines Create Worrisome Loopholes (Ca. Progress Report) Design Plan Threatens Historic Integrity of Presidio’s Main Post (SF Gate) Plan for South San Francisco Caltrain Station Delayed (SF Examiner) Condo Tower Near Transamerica Building Faces “Significant Challenges” (SF Gate) LA Controller Probes Supes … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:46 AM PDT on April 20, 2009
- MTA Moves to Exert Control Over SFPD’s Traffic Company (SF Gate)
- New CEQA Guidelines Create Worrisome Loopholes (Ca. Progress Report)
- Design Plan Threatens Historic Integrity of Presidio’s Main Post (SF Gate)
- Plan for South San Francisco Caltrain Station Delayed (SF Examiner)
- Condo Tower Near Transamerica Building Faces “Significant Challenges” (SF Gate)
- LA Controller Probes Supes Role in Ouster of Chief Planner (LAT)
- Man Walking near Discovery Museum Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver (Merc)
- Competitive Cyclist Hospitalized After Hit-and-Run in Saratoga (Merc)
- San Rafael To Adopt Climate Action Plan (Marin IJ)
- Santa Rosa Debates Plan To Build Affordable Housing (Press Democrat)
- Study: Bike Helmet Laws Do More Harm Than Good (M-Bike via Streetsblog.net)
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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