Headlines, July 17
By
Roger Rudick
8:21 AM PDT on July 17, 2026
- VTA Posts Record-Breaking Ridership (KTVU)
- More on Repairs to T Third (SFChron)
- Lurie Urges Sacramento to Tighten Robotaxi Regs (SFChron, CBSLocal)
- Trapped in a Waymo (SFChron)
- Supes Reducing Affordable Housing Requirements? (SFExaminer)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Suspect Charged with Killing Cyclist in Oakland (MercNews)
- Drunk Driver Going 100 mph Arrested for Murder (SFGate)
- The Cliff Came out of Nowhere, Wasn’t Wearing Hi Vis (SFGate)
- Is Gas Car Ban Going to get Squashed? (SFGate)
- Oil Company Shills Still Hate Transit (SFStandard)
- Carbon Capture in Abandoned Oil Fields? (SFGate)
- Union Square’s Restored Dewey Monument (SFChron)
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