Today’s Headlines
San Francisco Nurse Killed by a Driver While Walking to Work (BCN via CBS5) Couple Accused in Hit-and-Run Death of USC Student Refuses Plea Deal (LAT) Muni Driver Commits Suicide by Jumping Off the Golden Gate Bridge (SF Weekly) SF Examiner: “Group Seeks to Derail Subway Project” “Cash for Clunkers” Senate Debate: McCain’s Talking Sense, … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:21 AM PDT on August 3, 2009
- San Francisco Nurse Killed by a Driver While Walking to Work (BCN via CBS5)
- Couple Accused in Hit-and-Run Death of USC Student Refuses Plea Deal (LAT)
- Muni Driver Commits Suicide by Jumping Off the Golden Gate Bridge (SF Weekly)
- SF Examiner: “Group Seeks to Derail Subway Project”
- “Cash for Clunkers” Senate Debate: McCain’s Talking Sense, Schumer’s Not (NY Daily News, CBS2)
- Zipcar’s NY Promos Are Killing Its Livable Streets Cred (PSFK via NYFI)
- Seattle’s New Light Rail Line Opens After a Very Long Gestation Period (NY Times)
- GG Bridge District GM “Passed Over for Reno Job” (Marin IJ)
- A Sunday Walk in the Mission District (Mission Loc@l)
- Bixi Bike Share Program Demo Comes to Golden Gate Park (SF Gate)
- Bicyclists Tackle SF’s Steep Hills in The Seven Hills of Hell Bike Tour (Bikes and the City)
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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