Today’s Headlines
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9:01 AM PDT on October 9, 2009
- Actor Playing Thug Assaulted by Gang Members on Muni Bus (SFGate)
- Muni Investigating Driver for Not Reporting Videotaped Fight (KGO-TV)
- High-speed Chase Ends with Car Crashing into Mission District House (SMC Times)
- Drivers Admit Doing Plenty of Things More Dangerous than Texting (Chicago Trib via Planetizen)
- Mother of Cyclist Killed by Sheriff’s Deputy in Cupertino Settles with County for $1.2 Million (Merc)
- Judge Tentatively Rules Planning Can Proceed on California High-Speed Rail Line (Merc)
- Federal Funding Delay Could Cost Transbay Terminal $100 Million (SF Examiner)
- Presidio Trust May Reopen Roads Earlier than Planned Because of Complaints (City Insider)
- Santa Rosa Successfully Launches a Bike Boulevard (Press Democrat)
- Oakland Police Conduct Sting on Counterfeit Disabled Placards (KCBS)
- State Court Upholds Fee that Targets Pollution Caused by Sprawling New Developments (Fresno Bee)
- AC Transit “Buy-American” Policy Could Affect its Partnership with Van Hool (Daily Planet)
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Michael Rhodes is a former reporter for Streetsblog San Francisco. He lives in the Mission Dolores neighborhood and is a graduate of UC Berkeley's Department of City and Regional Planning.
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