Today’s Headlines
Hearing Set in California High-Speed Rail Lawsuit; Judge Rules Planning Can Go Forward (CHSRB) Downtown Railyard Development Project to Resume in Sacramento (Sac Bee) San Franciscans Will Still Breath Bad Air from a Power Plant That Isn’t Needed (Fog City Journal) Lawyer for Ex-BART Cop Charged in Oscar Grant Shooting Wants Change of Venue (CBS … Continued
By
Bryan Goebel
9:29 AM PDT on September 15, 2009
- Hearing Set in California High-Speed Rail Lawsuit; Judge Rules Planning Can Go Forward (CHSRB)
- Downtown Railyard Development Project to Resume in Sacramento (Sac Bee)
- San Franciscans Will Still Breath Bad Air from a Power Plant That Isn’t Needed (Fog City Journal)
- Lawyer for Ex-BART Cop Charged in Oscar Grant Shooting Wants Change of Venue (CBS 5)
- Meantime, Four Other BART Officers Involved in the Shooting Have Returned to Work (KCBS)
- Environmental Groups Organizing Statewide Ballot Initiative to Save State Parks (Merc)
- New York Times Editorial Calls for a National Anti-Texting Law
- British Celebrity Chef Apologizes After Article Expressing Hatred for Cyclists (Guardian UK)
- Australian Bicyclist Fights Ticket for Not Wearing a Helmet (Copenhagenize)
- Anticipation Building for David Byrne’s “Bicycle Diaries” (Reno Rambler 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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