Today’s Headlines
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By
Rob Poole
10:06 AM PDT on August 25, 2015
- Driver Hits Ped on Sixth Street (HL); Driver, Motorcycle Cop Crash at G. Gate & Leavenworth (SFGate)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian at Mission Street and Precita Avenue (SFist)
- North Beach Driver Injures Two Car Occupants After Blowing Stop Sign, Flees on Foot (SFBay)
- Dozens Protest Tree Removal for Van Ness BRT at City Hall Hearing (SFGate, NBC)
- SFMTA Contemplates Solutions to Allow Scoot Exemption From Residential Parking Permit Zone (Exam)
- SFMTA to Drug Test Taxi Drivers Annually Without Exemption for Medical Marijuana (Examiner)
- Muni’s New Paper Transfers Could Come in 2016 at the Earliest (SFGate)
- Major BART Delays After Man Jumps in Front of Train at Embarcadero (ABC, KQED, Biz Times)
- BART Delayed in East Bay After Person Flees Police on Tracks at Lake Merritt Station (ABC)
- BART to Soundproof 250 San Jose Homes in Preparation for Expansion (NBC)
- Caltrain Ridership Hits Record Ridership With Average of 58,429 Daily Passengers (Daily Journal)
- People Behaving Badly: Redwood City Drivers Make Illegal Turns and Block Intersections
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