Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
7:58 AM PDT on August 26, 2019
- SMART Tests Larkspur Extension (MarinIJ, CBSLocal)
- SMART Train Beloved, but Needs More Funds (SFChron)
- More on Naming of Chinatown Station (48Hills)
- More on SamTrans New Express Bus (SFExaminer)
- Mission Bay Plan Finally Real (SFChron)
- Uber Contradicts Own Traffic Data in London Ad (Guardian)
- Admiring Transbay’s Architecture (SFChron)
- SFPD Drives Into Another Cop and Suspect (SFGate, SFExaminer)
- Drunk Motorist Who Hit Two Kids Sentenced to One Year of Residential Treatment (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: S.F. Should Try ‘Safe Parking’ Plan (SFChron)
- Commentary: The Suffering on San Francisco’s Streets (SFChron)
- Commentary: Keep Google’s San Jose Project Moving (MercNews)
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