Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:40 AM PDT on August 16, 2011
- Protests Lead to 4 BART Station Closures (SF Gate, SF Exam, Bay Citizen, Appeal)
- FCC Probes BART’s Decision to Shut Down Cell Service (Bay Citizen)
- NPR: “Cell Service Shutdown Raises Free Speech Questions”
- BART Board Prez Defends Cell Shutdown Decision (Transportation Nation)
- Member of Anonymous Talks to Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman (Video via YouTube)
- Prominent SF Attorney Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Sonoma County (CBS SF)
- SFMTA Chief Visits Muni Yard in His First Day on the Job (City Insider)
- CPMC Makes Design Changes to Proposed Cathedral Hill Facility (SF Business Times)
- Bicycling Magazine Names Healdsburg a “Cycling Hotspot” (Press Democrat)
- New Mixed-Use Development May Come to San Rafael (Marin IJ)
- Permitting Process Could Delay SMART Service by Up to 2 Years (Press Democrat)
- Cycletrack Coming Soon to Site of Fatal Portland Hit-and-Run (Bike Portland)
- Next Sunday Streets Set for Western Addition/NOPA on September 11 (BIKE NOPA)
- Bike Activism in SF Goes All the Way Back to the 1890s (Ocean Beach Bulletin)
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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