Today’s Headlines
More headlines over at Streetsblog Capitol Hill.
By
Matthew Roth
8:44 AM PST on November 20, 2009
- BART Faces $26 Million Deficit for 2010-2011 (ABC 7)
- BART Workers Argue Staffing Cuts Put Public at Risk (KCBS)
- BART Union Upset Workers Don’t Have Proper Protection While Cleaning Pigeon Droppings (ABC 7)
- Former BART Officer Mehserle’s Murder Trial Moved to Los Angeles (CBS 5) (ABC 7) (KCBS)
- BART To Offer Free Rides to Military Personnel on Leave from War (CBS 5)
- Transbay Terminal Draft Plan Released Yesterday, Focus on Height and Density (SF Gate)
- Supervisor Dufty Will Hold Hearing Monday for Crimes Committed on Muni (N-Judah Chronicles)
- Pedestrian Killed in Richmond, Incident Under Investigation (CBS 5)
- Could String of Vehicle Arsons Be a Display of Passion? (NBC)
- Mr. Roadshow Gets Hell From Readers for His Love of the Prius. (Merc)
- San Jose Identifies Room for 90,000 Street Trees, Doesn’t Have Money to Pay for Them (Merc)
- Oakland Taco Truck Bike Tour This Sunday (NBC) (SF Weekly)
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