Today’s Headlines

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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