Today’s Headlines
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9:17 AM PDT on June 8, 2012
- Mayor’s Wage Hike Pact With Labor May Deal a $14M Blow to SFMTA (SF Examiner)
- SFMTA Lowers Speed Limits Bryant, Howard, Folsom, and Harrison in SoMa (BCN via Appeal)
- Caltrain Budget Adds Six Daily Trains (SF Examiner)
- SF Planning Commission Approves Guidelines for POPOS Signage (SF Examiner)
- SFBG: 8 Washington Isn’t Getting Much Better
- More on Muni’s High-Tech Surveillance Cameras (City Insider, CBS 5)
- Thief Steals Special Olympian’s Bike Outside Hayes Valley Church (ABC 7, SFGate, BCN via Merc)
- Concord Police Recommend Charges Against Teen Driver Who Ran Over Family (SFGate)
- Peninsula’s Bike to Work Day: 60 Percent More Bike Commuters Than Last Year (Cyclelicious)
- On Oakland’s 40th St., Small Businesses and Parklet Plans Breathe New Life (Oakland North)
- Graduated Driver’s Licenses Could Save At Least 500 Lives Each Year (CBS 5)
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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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