Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:04 AM PST on November 23, 2009
- BART Officer Scuffles with Passenger in Arrest Caught on Video (SF Gate, CBS5)
- Stim Funds Could Help BART Avert Layoffs (SF Gate, ABC7)
- BART Director Tom Radulovich Passes on a Pay Raise (City Insider)
- Questions Raised About the Transparency of Obama Admin’s Stim Fund Site (SF Gate)
- Vehicular Manslaughter Charges Brought Against Drivers in Fatal SJ Street Race (Merc)
- Mission Street to Become SF’s New Downtown Hub Under Transbay Plan (John King)
- Four People are Hurt in Cable Car “Mishap” (CBS5, BCN via SF Appeal)
- Oakland Police Still Looking for Leads in Hit-and-Run That Killed 11-year-old Girl (CBS5)
- SJ Police Search for Witnesses Who Saw Driver “Accidently” Run Over 5-year-old Boy (Merc)
- California Releases List of Top Greenhouse Gas Emitters (Merc)
- Santa Rosa Bicycle Thief Arrested After Being Caught on Surveillance Cam (Press Democrat)
- Insurers Know: Hands-Free Devices Don’t Take the Risk Out of Distracted Driving (NYT)
- GM Still Owes American Taxpayers, Big Time (NYT)
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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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