Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:18 AM PDT on August 8, 2011
- Ed Lee to Enter Mayor’s Race Today (SF Gate, SF Examiner, Bay Citizen)
- 9-year-old Boy Struck by Drunk Driver in SF Remains in Critical Cond.(SF Gate)
- Jerry Brown Vetoes Commuter Benefits Legislation (Coco Times)
- Black Bicyclists Gather for Convention in Oakland; Get Bikes Blessed (SF Gate)
- Mohammed Nuru Selected to Lead SFDPW, Replacing Ed Reiskin (City Insider)
- Seattle Transit Consultant in Line for GM Job at BART (Matier & Ross)
- Man Who Ran Down Four Cyclists in SF Held Over for Trial (SF Gate)
- Joshua Calder Ordered to Stand Trial in Death of Nils Yannick Linke (SF Examiner)
- Proposal Would Require Employers to Let Bikes in SF Buildings (KCBS)
- Bay Citizen: “Pedicab War Erupts on the Waterfront”
- Muni to Add New Security Cameras With Federal Grant (SF Examiner)
- 48 Muni Drivers Do Not Have Commercial Drivers Licenses (SF Examiner)
- SF Planning Commission Responds to Grand Jury Report on Parkmerced (City Insider)
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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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