Headlines, December 17
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8:11 AM PST on December 17, 2024
- North Berkeley BART Plans Approved (Berkeleyside)
- BART Delays (MercNews)
- More on Battery Electric Ferries (Hoodline)
- Video of Masked Man on Muni with Dead Racoon (SFStandard)
- SMART Train Closed by Storm (MarinIJ)
- Oil-Funded Republicans in D.C. Still Trying to Make HSR More Costly (SFChron)
- X X/Twitter Exec Charged with Reviving Downtown (SFStandard, MissionLocal)
- 200 Days of Planned Activities for Union Square (SFChron)
- S.F.’s Population Decline (SFExaminer)
- Wrong-Way Driver Charged with Killing Pedestrian in Fremont (EastBayTimes)
- Commentary: Cutting Muni is Cutting San Francisco (MissionLocal)
- Commentary: Is this the Next ‘California Forever’? (SFChron)
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