Today’s Headlines
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By
Robert Prinz
9:13 AM PDT on October 2, 2012
- Transbay Transit Center Backers Plan to Activate Spaces Under Bus Ramps (SFExam)
- Gov. Brown Signs Undocumented Immigrants Driver’s License Bill (Merc, KQED)
- The Creation and History of SF’s 49-Mile Scenic Drive (CurbedSF)
- KQED Compares Friday’s Critical Mass With 1896 SF Bicycle Protest
- District 7 Supe Candidates Debate Ped Safety, Muni Improvement Issues (GG Xpress)
- Elderly DUI Driver Arrested in Berkeley After Critically Injuring Pedestrian (Berkeleyside, CBS, Oak Trib)
- Car Driver Crashes Into Pleasant Hill Restaurant, Injuring Two (KTVU)
- Two Atherton Pedestrians Struck in Crosswalk by Truck Driver (Almanac)
- Truck Strikes Amtrak Train in Central Valley, 30 Passengers Injured (SFGate, CBS, Oak Trib)
- Palo Alto Council Votes to Keep Arastradero 3-Lane Road Diet (Daily News, PAOnline)
- Oakland’s Celebrates Centennial for Historic but Unused 16th St. Train Station (OakNorth)
- Berkeley Protesters Hold “Sitting Olympics” Against Sit-Lie Ban Ballot Measure (DailyCal)
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