Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
8:03 AM PST on February 17, 2021
- More on Muni Subway Service Expected Return (SFExaminer)
- Pay for Transit (and Parking) on Google Maps (Verge)
- Hit & Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in Hayward (EastBayTimes)
- NIMBYs Dizzy Over Ferris Wheel (SFGate)
- Falling Tree Demolishes Parklet in Hayes Valley (Hoodline)
- Sir Francis Drake Streetlights are Overkill? (MarinIJ, SFGate)
- Oakland Chinatown Hires Private Security (SFChron)
- Marin Developers and Look of Density (MarinIJ)
- Berkeley’s European Village (SFGate)
- Commentary: Keep the Ferris Wheel Turning (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: A Fountain and the Future of Cities (SFChron)
- Commentary: Passenger Trains are Part of America’s Soul (SFChron)
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