Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM PST on January 8, 2016

Governor Brown announces 2016 budget (NBC Los Angeles) (ABC News)
- ...which includes a proposed road repair charge per vehicle (KPCC)
Fremont's new BART station brings economic development (Route Fifty)
Exposing the hidden health effects of gentrification (Guardian)
High density housing making a walkable downtown San Diego (Wall Street Journal)
How does urban living affect obesity? (Science Daily)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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