Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:53 AM PDT on August 15, 2011
- BART Admits Cutting Off Cell Service to Stop Protest Last Week (SF Gate)
- Anonymous Makes Good on Threat to Hack BART’s Website (SF Gate, SF Examiner, Bay Citizen)
- “1st Amendment Issues Mount” Over BART’s Decision, Protest Called for Today (SF Gate)
- Merc Columnist: BART Decision Was “Authoritarian Thinking,” Reminiscent of Syria, Egypt
- Chronicle Story on SFPD Ped Safety Enforcement Focuses on “Red-Light Running Cyclists”
- Not Building High-Speed Rail in California Would Be More Expensive (CAHSRB)
- Bay Area Council CEO: HSR is the “Test of Our Generation” (Chronicle Op-Ed)
- SFMTA Chief Ed Reiskin Starts Job Today, Faces “Tough Time” (SF Gate)
- Mercury News Profiles Streetline and Its Parking Sensor Technology
- UC Davis Architecture Students Design for Social, Human Capital (Healthy Cal)
- Transportation Summit Focuses on Lake Tahoe Restoration (Daily Tribune)
- Norcal Gas Prices Drop, but Not in San Francisco (SF Examiner)
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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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