Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
8:54 AM PDT on August 26, 2020
- More on Muni Breakdown (SFChron, SFGate, SFWeekly)
- Hayes Will Close to Cars on Weekends (SFChron, SFWeekly)
- How the Winds Helped Foul Air Quality (SFGate)
- Number of S.F. Home Sales Hit Recession Levels (Socketsite)
- Racism in Transit, Social Distancing Reduced (NextCity)
- Silent Trains and Masks (DailyTimes)
- Motorist and Scooterist Crash in Bernal (SFExaminer)
- Pothole Art (Hoodline)
- Miwok Panel Urges Francis Drake Renaming (MarinIJ)
- Sausalito Still Isn’t Requiring Masks? (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Utility Payments Help Fund Gas Lobby (Almanac)
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