Headlines, August 20
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8:21 AM PDT on August 20, 2025
- More on BART Starting Open Payments (Berkeleyside, ABC7, KRON4)
- Muni Drivers Take Too Many Breaks? (SFStandard)
- Federal Grants for Ferries (SFGate)
- Newsom, Ezra Klein, Building Things, and CEQA Reform (SFGate)
- More on Upward Momentum in Downtown S.F. (SFExaminer)
- More Complaints About E-Bikes on Sidewalks (ABC7)
- Some Bike Lanes Removed from Tiburon Repaving (MarinIJ)
- Driver Kills Woman in Santa Rosa (SFChron)
- Santa Rosa Considers Lowering Speed Limits (CBSLocal)
- Last Phase of India Basin Shoreline Park (SFChron)
- Flying Cars Again (SFChron)
- Commentary: I Don’t Understand Transit Housing Legislation (MarinIJ)
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