Today’s Headlines

Good morning! California’s gas prices will rise over the weekend, and the drought isn’t over, so don’t stop saving water.

• Finally, you can take light rail to the beach in Santa Monica (starting in May) (Streetsblog LA) (KPCC)
• News photographer on trial for covering protest of Willits Bypass (Courthouse News)
• Three ways to use empty parking spaces to create transportation options (Mobility Lab)
• How to cut your carbon emissions (CityLab)
• Taking down a freeway: studying removal of San Francisco’s 280 (Hoodline)
• SANDAG tax proposal is an opportunity to prioritize environmentally friendly transportation (San Diego Free Press)
• Transportation costs need to be taken into account when building affordable housing (CityLab)
  • Yet another reason we need to invest more in affordable housing: it cuts Medicaid costs (Affordable Housing)
• Scholarship offered for far Northern California student who wants a career in transportation (KRCR)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF