Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:24 AM PDT on June 23, 2011
- SFMTA Pays Record $5.4 Million to Bicyclist Hit by Muni Bus (City Insider, SF Exam)
- Mayor Lee on SFMTA Chief: “I Would Never Want That Job” (City Insider)
- Transit Workers Accused of Stealing $40k from Caltrain Ticket Machines (SF Gate)
- SFPD Showing Resistance to 6th St. Substation, According to Chuck Nevius
- San Jose City Council Approves Parking Rate Hikes for Downtown Garages (Mercury News)
- Mill Vally Will Raise the Price of Downtown Parking Stickers (Marin IJ)
- Crash Closes Valencia Street at 19th; Three Cars Involved (BCN via SF Examiner)
- MTC Report Grades Pavement Conditions on Bay Area Streets (SF Examiner)
- Demand for Rental Housing Grows in San Mateo County (SF Examiner)
- L.A. Mayor Pushes Sen. Boxer for Safe Routes to Schools Funds (Safe Routes to School)
- L.A .City Council “Hopelessly Deadlocked” Over Red-Light Cams (LAT)
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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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