Headlines, October 27
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8:26 AM PDT on October 27, 2023
- Cost of Downtown Rail Extension Now Over $8 Billion (SFStandard)
- BART Directors Discuss Merging with Other Agencies (SFChron)
- Investors Like NY Subway, Not BART (WSJ)
- More Bloodshed Thanks to Valencia Center-Running Lane (MissionLocal)
- Cruise Pauses Entire Fleet (SFGate, SFStandard)
- Newsom Supports Cruise Suspension (SFChron)
- Driver Who Killed Little Girl Charged with Manslaughter (SFChron)
- Driver Kills Man in Oakland (SFChron)
- Oakland Wants to Turn Buildings into Homeless Shelters (Oaklandside)
- Why the City Struggles to Control 7th and Market (SFStandard)
- One Book, One BART (SFStandard)
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