Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PDT on August 18, 2014
- Mi’yana Gregory, 2, Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver at Mission and Fifth; Vigil Held (KTVU, ABC, SFGate)
- Life Support Removed for Zachary Watson, Hit on Sidewalk in Stolen Car Wreck (SFGate)
- Man Hailing Cab at Mission and 24th Hit by Driver While Police Conduct Pedestrian Sting Nearby (ABC)
- Two People Riding One Bicycle Seriously Injured by FedEx Truck Driver at Market and Kearny (CBS)
- SFPD Says It’ll Beef Up Traffic Enforcement Around Schools as Kids Go Back This Week (Walk SF)
- Assemblyman Ammiano, Other Democrats Suddenly Oppose Charging for Disabled Parking (SFGate)
- SF Examiner Looks at the State of Fare Enforcement on Muni
- Transit-Oriented Redevelopments Move Forward in ParkMerced (SFGate), at Transbay Center (ABC)
- One Last Traffic Jam Sends Off Car-Oriented Candlestick Park at Paul McCartney Concert (SFGate)
- Chronicle Reporters Race by Car, Transit to Levi’s Stadium (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); 49ers Add Bike Info (Cycle)
- Tech Bus Drivers Get Meager Wages for Tiring Work (USA Today)
- Two-Year-Old Anijah Walker Killed by Driver in Oakland Parking Lot (SFGate)
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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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