Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Robert Prinz
8:54 AM PDT on October 30, 2012
- More on Muni’s $700k Bus Trashed in SF Giants Celebration (SFAppeal, SFWeekly, MuniDiaries 1, 2)
- Suspects in Muni Bus Blaze Sought by SFPD (KRON)
- BART, Muni Increase Service, Suggest Advance Fare Purchase for Giants Parade (SFExam, BART)
- SFWeekly Lists Their Top Ten Favorite Privately-Owned Public Spaces in SF
- How a Tenderloin Alley Was Turned Into “National Forest” (Treehugger)
- Elderly Sonoma Driver Denies Striking Teens in Lighted Crosswalk (PressDemo)
- No Charges For Woman Who Fatally Backed Over Homeless Man Asleep in Driveway (SFWeekly)
- UC Legal Report Critical of Berkeley’s Measure S Sit-Lie Ban (DailyCal)
- Roadshow Offers Safety Tips to Pedestrians, Drivers During High-Collision Halloween Night
- More Police Killed by Cars Than Guns Over Past Decade (Greater Marin)
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
[A note to our San Francisco readers from Streetsblog HQ in New York: We are all safe and sound here on the East Coast, though Angie Schmitt, who lives in Cleveland, had to take care of a massive tree that was uprooted in front of her house. The storm has disrupted our publishing schedule for the national content that we syndicate on our sites in SF, NYC, and LA, so content will be sparse today.]
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