Today’s Headlines
Caltrans Reopens Bay Bridge After Finishing Detour Work and Repairing Crack (SF Gate, Merc) Boy in Intensive Care After Vicious Stabbing on a Muni Bus (Matier & Ross, ABC7, SF Appeal) Four People Injured After Cable Car Collides with a Muni Van (SF Examiner) SF Mayor’s Proposal to Replace Environmental Review Staff with Contractors “Draws … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
8:58 AM PDT on September 8, 2009
- Caltrans Reopens Bay Bridge After Finishing Detour Work and Repairing Crack (SF Gate, Merc)
- Boy in Intensive Care After Vicious Stabbing on a Muni Bus (Matier & Ross, ABC7, SF Appeal)
- Four People Injured After Cable Car Collides with a Muni Van (SF Examiner)
- SF Mayor’s Proposal to Replace Environmental Review Staff with Contractors “Draws Fire” (SF Gate)
- Beyond Chron: SF Planning Commission Should Deny Liquor License to Help Improve Block
- LA Times Reports Metrolink is Struggling to Deliver Safety Reforms
- Being Green Means Leaving the Suburbs for Dense Cities (The Atlantic)
- Driver vs. Driver: The Parking Blame Game (NYT)
- Matt Yglesias Questions the Legacy of Jane Jacobs
- Business Growing for Three Santa Cruz Bicyclists Who Created BikeGlow Lights (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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