Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:08 AM PDT on September 1, 2011
- BART Board Appoints Grace Crunican as GM (SF Exam, Bay Citizen, Coco Times, SF Gate)
- GG Bridge Sidewalk Will Reopen to Cyclists Sept. 10th (Marin IJ, BCN via Bay Citizen)
- Driver Injures Pedestrian, Crashes Into Dumpster (Mission Loc@l)
- Driver in a Motor Home Kills a 74-year-old Man in Sunnyvale Hit-and-Run (SF Gate)
- Aaron Peskin, Once a “Vociferous Champion” of Central Subway, Denounces It (SF Weekly)
- A Block of Fell Street is Now Two-Way (The Pedestrianist)
- Caltrain Expected to Sign Off on Deal with New Operator Today (Mercury News)
- Parking Tickets Double at Caltrain Stations (SF Examiner)
- 15mph School Zone Proposal Moves Forward in San Jose (Mercury News)
- Santa Rosa to Reimburse Developers $5.3 M for Road Improvements (Press Democrat)
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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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