Today’s Headlines
DA’s Office Defends Timing of Charges on Embarcadero Cyclist (KTVU 2) Sonoma Teen Driver Gets Five Days in Jail for Killing 2-Year-Old While Texting (CoCo Times) Santa Rosa Driver Faces Trial in Crosswalk Death of 4-Year-Old (Mercury News) Driver Hits 70-Year-Old Man at Geary and 10th Avenue (SFGate) Kings County Sues CA High-Speed Rail Authority … Continued
9:30 AM PST on November 17, 2011
- DA’s Office Defends Timing of Charges on Embarcadero Cyclist (KTVU 2)
- Sonoma Teen Driver Gets Five Days in Jail for Killing 2-Year-Old While Texting (CoCo Times)
- Santa Rosa Driver Faces Trial in Crosswalk Death of 4-Year-Old (Mercury News)
- Driver Hits 70-Year-Old Man at Geary and 10th Avenue (SFGate)
- Kings County Sues CA High-Speed Rail Authority (Mercury News)
- Businesses, Labor Leaders Urge Support for HSR at Palo Alto Hearing (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Is LEED Discouraging Bike Parking Rooms? (NYT)
- Report: Bay Bridge Eighth Worst Driving Commute in Nation (SF Examiner, SFGate)
- AC Transit Cutting Dumbarton Express Bus Service (CoCo Times)
- BART Late-Night Extension Draws Opposition, Buses Considered Instead (SF Examiner, CoCo Times)
- SMART Board Authorizes Sale of $171 Million in Construction Bonds (Marin IJ, Press Democrat)
- SMART Dismisses Finance Chief, But Won’t State Reason (Press Democrat)
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