Today’s Headlines
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By
Bryan Goebel
9:37 AM PDT on September 29, 2011
- 5-year-old Girl Run Over, Killed by Driver in East Palo Alto (SF Gate, Merc)
- Prosecutors Refuse Plea Negotiations with Driver Who Killed 4-year-old (Press Democrat)
- MTC Votes 10-6 to Pursue SF Building for New Headquarters (SF Gate, Coco Times)
- Muni to Meet with CPUC to Discuss State of LRV Investigation (SF Exam)
- Zipcar Takes a Jab at Bicyclists in New Ad (Bike Portland)
- Assessor-Recorder “Streamlines” Selling of Parking Spaces (SF Examiner)
- BART Police Testing Camera System That Clips to Their Uniforms (CBS SF)
- BART Mum on When Spokesperson Linton Johnson Will Return (SF Examiner)
- Gas Station Criticized for Free Fuel on Spare the Air Day (SF Examiner)
- Damaged Wires Delay Muni on Two Bus Lines (SF Examiner)
- MTC Awards $34 Million for SMART Construction (Marin IJ, Press Democrat)
- Santa Rosa Officials Consider Building a 700-Space Parking Garage (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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