Headlines, August 8
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8:40 AM PDT on August 8, 2024
- K Ingleside Quick Build to Start (InglesideLight)
- AC Transit Preserves Key Bus Routes (AlamedaPost)
- More on ‘No Turn on Red’ (SFChron, DailyJournal, ABC7)
- US Climate Funds Pay for Highway Expansion (CityLab)
- Parts of the Bay Area with the Most Polluted Air (EastBayTimes)
- Experiments to Stop Sideshows (SFStandard)
- Emeryville’s Former ‘Bike Mayor’ Raises More Funds in Race for County Supervisor Seat (Berkeleyside)
- Housing Development for 22nd and Mission (MissionLocal)
- What it Really Means when Companies Leave Bay Area (SFStandard)
- S.F. Cops Earned Quarter-Million in Overtime Trying to Stop Skateboarders (SFStandard)
- Outside Lands and VP Harris Visit to Close Streets this Weekend (SFChron)
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