Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PST on November 5, 2014
- SF Voters Reject Prop L, Approve Transpo Funding Props A and B; Alameda County Passes BB (SFGate)
- Nick Josefowitz Unseats 24-Year Incumbent James Fang on BART Board (SF Examiner)
- SF Cab Drivers Officially Unionized, Fight Continues Against Uber, Lyft, Sidecar (SF Examiner)
- Twitter Plans to Build Sky Bridge to Connect Two Headquarter Buildings Over Stevenson Alleyway (Biz)
- Free Shuttle Takes Bottle Collectors to SF’s Shrinking Number of Recycling Facilities (SF Examiner)
- Nested Birds Part of Rising Cost of Bay Bridge Demo (ABC); Water Leaks Threaten Corrosion (SFGate)
- Carl Dubose Charged With Murder in Road Rage Shooting That Killed Mother in Oakland (CoCo Times)
- Bike Couriers Thrive in Oakland, Despite Predictions of Doom From Internet and Apps (East Bay Express)
- Bike East Bay Distributes Lights to Night Riders (Oakland North), In Time for Daylight Savings (KTVU)
- Business Times Explains Why Planned San Jose, Alumn Rock BART Stations Could Be Eliminated
- Man Struck by Amtrak Train in San Leandro (SFGate); Teen Boy Killed by Caltrain in Palo Alto (SFGate)
- Malikyar Mirwais, 48, Found Dead on BART Tracks Near Concord Station (SFGate)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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