Today’s Headlines
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9:06 AM PDT on August 24, 2015
- Neighbors to Protest Tree Replacement for Van Ness Bus Rapid Transit (SF Chronicle)
- Driver, Motorcyclist Crash at Polk and Ellis Streets (Hoodline)
- Activist Fran Taylor: Don’t Let Police Use Vision Zero Enforcement as an Excuse for Racist Harassment
- SF Bicycle Coalition Publishes Questionnaire Responses From Candidates in Mayoral, Supes Races
- More on Captain Sanford’s Ride With Bike Advocates (SF News)
- Man and His Mules, Roaming to Highlight Car Dominance, Barred From Crossing GG Bridge (SF Weekly)
- GG Bridge Board Takes Major Step to Build $76M Suicide Net (ABC, Marin IJ)
- SF Chronicle Columnist: Art at BART Stations Wouldn’t Improve Service and Would Only Get Dirty
- Breakdown Delays BART Near Glen Park Sunday (KTVU); Toy Grenade Closes North Berkeley Station
- Drunk Driver in Castro Valley Hits Cop, Breaking His Leg, After He Pulls Over Man on Bike (CBS)
- CA Senator’s Proposal to Hike Gas Tax, Car Registration Fees Faces Uphill Battle (SF Chronicle)
- CA Transit Agencies Blocked From Federal Grants Over Employee Pension Rules (Mercury News)
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