Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:41 AM PDT on June 13, 2011
- Protests in Oakland Over the Release of Ex-BART Cop (SF Exam, SF Gate)
- Matier & Ross: BART Director James Fang’s Pal Gets Board’s Backing for Hotel
- SF Examiner Editorial Blasts Muni Operators for Contract Rejection
- Chuck Nevius: “Muni’s Broken But It’s Not Beyond Repair”
- N-Judah Express Bus Service to Start Today (BCN via SF Examiner)
- Man “Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries,” Hit by Driver in SoMa (SF Exam)
- Pedestrian, Bicyclist Hurt by Drivers in Santa Rosa Crashes (Press Democrat)
- Woman Struck by Cable Car at Broadway and Mason (ABC 7)
- Powell Street Promenade Construction to Get Underway (SF Examiner)
- SF Streets Bond Measure Moving Forward (KCBS Radio)
- “Clustering of Pot Clubs” Gets SF Planning Commission’s Attention (City Insider)
- CARB to Study San Bernardino Rail Yard Effects on Low-Income Communities (LAT)
- The 500-mile long Bay Trail is “an Idea as Much as a Place” (SF Examiner)
- Dressing for the Bike: No Need for a Shower or Change of Clothes (LA Times)
- “Dump the Pump Day” is This Wednesday (NRDC Switchboard)
- Landlord Triples Rent, Forcing SF Cyclery to Close Soon (Cole Valley Alley)
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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