Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
8:43 AM PDT on August 17, 2011
- BART Stands by Cell Shutdown as Debate Grows (SF Gate, SF Examiner, BCN via Appeal)
- KQED’s Forum Focuses on BART Decision with 2 Legal Opinions (KQED)
- Dot.Commentary: “Plenty of Losers, Few Winners in BART Debacle”
- Democracy Now! Devoted Yesterday’s Show to BART and “Hacktivism’s Global Reach”
- BART Board Directors “Divided Over Cell Phone Blackout” (Mercury News)
- SFMTA Chief, Supervisor Wiener Forced to Delay Muni Metro Ride (SF Examiner)
- Photo Released of Pickup Involved in Hit-and-Run That Killed SF Attorney (SF Gate)
- 9-year-old SF Hit-and-Run Victim Goes Home to Pennsylvania (SF Gate)
- Woman Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver in Pittsburg; Had Just Gotten Off BART (KTVU)
- Bike Thieves Hitting Inner Sunset/Cole Valley Neighborhoods (SF Examiner)
- APTA: Half of U.S. Transit Agencies Planning Service Cuts, Fare Hikes (Bloomberg)
- SF Examiner: New SFDPW Head “Has History of Sexism, Racism Accusations”
- Dennis Herrera Calls SFDPW Appointment “Cronyism” and “Poor Judgement” (SF Examiner)
- Muni Finds Woman’s Lost I.D., Which She Can’t Claim Without an I.D. (Muni Diaries)
- Court Victory in NYC: Judge Tosses Prospect Park West Bike Lane Lawsuit (Streetsblog NY)
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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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