Today’s Headlines
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By
Rob Poole
10:10 AM PDT on August 5, 2015
- Second Street Redesign With Raised Bike Lanes Up for Approval at Planning Commission (SFBC)
- SFBC Members Approve Amendments to Organization’s Bylaws by Two to One Margin
- Two More Parklets Proposed in Hayes Valley (Hoodline)
- Lamp Post Falls on Car at Pine and Taylor, Apparently Worn Down By Urine (Chronicle)
- Parkmerced Development, Transportation Upgrades Begin Construction in February (Socketsite)
- Oakland Advocates Push for Less Parking in Housing Developments (East Bay Express)
- Massive Santa Clara Development to Include More Than Two Parking Spaces Per Home (PTA)
- New Palo Alto Parking Program Restricts Permits to Residents and Employees (Palo Alto Online)
- People Behaving Badly: San Jose Drivers Regularly Use the Bus Lanes
- Multi-Car Crash in San Jose Closes Highway 101 Lane (Mercury News)
- San Jose Driver, 16, Injures Four-Year-Old in San Jose (NBC)
- Caltrans Apologizes for Highway 1 Debacle in Pacifica (CBS); Postpones Paving (NBC)
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