Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:27 AM PDT on April 19, 2011
- Caltrain Plan Would Keep Stations Open, Trains Running for a Year (Mercury News)
- Legislators Challenge Peninsula High-Speed Rail Plan (SF Gate, Palo Alto Daily News)
- Driver Kills 54-year-old Woman Crossing Sunnyvale Street (Mercury News)
- 64-year-old Man Injured by Driver While Crossing 5th St. in Santa Rosa (Press Democrat)
- Despite No-Strike Rule, Muni Operators Prepare to Take Strike Vote (City Insider, SF Examiner)
- John Avalos Enters Mayor’s Race, Mentions Transit as a Priority (SF Gate)
- John King on the Development Potential and “Obvious Pitfalls” of Treasure Island
- SFMTA Directors to Consider Naming Geneva Yard After the Late Cameron Beach (City Insider)
- Portland’s Green Bike Lanes No Longer Experimental; City Gets Federal Approval (Bike Portland)
- State Budget Crisis Imperils Socal’s 405 Widening, Orange Line Extension, and More (LA Daily News)
- Couple Finds Love on the N-Judah Line (Chuck Nevius)
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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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