Today’s Headlines
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By
Roger Rudick
8:07 AM PDT on October 13, 2021
- Bay Area Transit Boomed Last Weekend (SFChron)
- How to Make Streets Safer for Pedestrians (KQED)
- Another Pedestrian Murdered by a Motorist (EastBayTimes)
- New Tower on Embarcadero (SFChron)
- New Oakland Housing Tower (EastBayTimes)
- Santa Clara Homeless Plan (SFChron)
- More than Half of Bay Area Residents Plan to Leave (SFChron)
- The Dream of the Santa Cruz Railroad (SFChron)
- Tribute to a Man Who Died of Natural Causes while Riding His Bike (Berkeleyside)
- Commentary: Fire SFMTA Employees Who Refuse to Get Vaccinated (SFExaminer)
- Commentary: California Must Stop Oil Drilling (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Chatting About Rail (Patch)
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