Today’s Headlines
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8:55 AM PST on January 8, 2015
- Man Hit by School Bus on I-280 in SF (SFBay); Driver Crashes Into Nob Hill Restaurant (SFGate)
- Hearst Corporation Wants the Annie Alley Street Plaza Gone (SF Weekly)
- Haight and Fillmore to Get “WalkStop” Ped Wayfinding Signage With Art and History (Hoodline)
- Bernalwood: Planning Dept Makes “Power Grab” By Not Requiring for New Homes in Bernal Heights
- SFMTA Board Approves New Muni 55-16th Street Line (Exam); Muni to Study “Manspreading” (Exam)
- New Taxi Union Holds Rally to Call for “Ride-Share” Regulation (SF Appeal)
- GG Bridge’s East Sidewalk Open to Bikes, Peds During Closure (SFBike); Cone-Movers Reminisce (ABC)
- Former BART Board Member Suggests New BART/Amtrak Transfer Station in West Oakland (CoCo)
- BART Says Weather Breaks Escalators, Not Poop (Weekly)
- BART Uses “Predictive Policing” to Catch Bike Thieves (ABC)
- Governor Jerry Brown Breaks Out the Witty Remarks at CAHSR Groundreaking Ceremony (CityLab)
- Driver Killed in “Fiery” Solo Crash on Skyline Drive in Pacifica (SF Examiner)
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Stan Parkford is a graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Department at SF State University.
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