Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:16 AM PDT on October 20, 2010
- Muni to Step Up Maintenance of Switches in Light of Monday’s Delays (City Insider)
- Top D.C. Transit Job Remains Unfilled; Nat Ford Tells Streetsblog He Hasn’t Been Interviewed (WTOP)
- Security Guard Struck by San Jose Cop Remains in Critical Condition (Merc)
- KALW News: “Bayview Hunters Point Redevelopment Divides City Over Jobs and Environment”
- SF Supe Avalos Introduces Legislation That Would Require Locals for Construction Jobs (BCN via KRON)
- SFMTA Surveying Bike Riders About Market Street Bike Lane (Change Your Life, Ride a Bike)
- Oakland Bike and Ped Committee to Discuss Proposed Bike Route on 53rd (Oakland Local)
- New York Critical Massers Win $1 Million Settlement in Suit with NYPD (NY Times)
- San Joaquin Valley Drivers May Be Asked to Help Pay Air Pollution Fine (Cal Watch)
- Work on New Bay Bridge Tower to Begin; Caltrans Warns Drivers to Watch the Road (KCBS)
- Prop 26 “Would Let Oil, Tobacco Companies Off the Hook” (Mercury News)
- San Ramon-Based Chevron Launches PR Campaign; Yes Men Counter With Spoof Campaign (ABC7)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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