Today’s Headlines
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9:13 AM PDT on April 9, 2012
- SUV Driver Hits Family Biking on Sidewalk in Concord, Killing Two (SFGate)
- Cyclist Chris Bucchere, Who Killed Ped, Says He Entered Intersection Lawfully (KTVU, SFGate, NBC)
- Bicycling Groups Condemn Bucchere’s Behavior (BCN via SF Ex, City Insider)
- Two Drivers Separately Crash into Muni Train and Cars on Embarcadero (KTVU, SFGate)
- Caltrain Ridership Up 12 Percent This Year (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Scott Wiener (SFGate) and Other MTC Members Don’t Like Funding Free Muni for Youth (SF Examiner)
- Supe David Chiu at Muni Anniversary: “Muni is SF’s Favorite Four-Letter Word” (BCN via SF Appeal)
- Muni Riders Attend TEP Workshop on 8x-Bayshore and 30-Stockton Lines (BCN via NBC)
- SF Examiner Editorial: Muni TEP Fixes Will be Painful, but They Are Necessary
- Part of New Doyle Drive Should Be Open Before Memorial Day (Marin IJ)
- 8 Washington Critic Raises Concern About Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Conflict of Interest (City Insider)
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Aaron was the editor of Streetsblog San Francisco from January 2012 until October 2015. He joined Streetsblog in 2010 after studying rhetoric and political communication at SF State University and spending a semester in Denmark.
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