Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
8:12 AM PST on January 6, 2021
- Supes Approve Two SFMTA Board Nominees (SFExaminer, CBSLocal, SFBay)
- More on BART’s ‘Fleet of the Future’ Woes (SFChron)
- More on SFMTA Youth Advisory Board (SFBay)
- SoMa Hit & Run Suspect Pleads Not Guilty (SFChron, SFExaminer)
- DA Under Fire for Deadly Hit & Run (SFGate)
- The Rise and Quick Evolution of Slow Streets (CityLab)
- San Jose to Rename Street Obama Boulevard (EastBayTimes)
- San Francisco’s Rent Decline (SFChron)
- Alameda County Opts Not to do Homeless Count (Berkeleyside)
- Book Review of Saga of Self-Driving Cars (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: Closing Twin Peaks to Cars Brought Crime? (SFExaminer)
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