Today’s Headlines

9:25 AM PST on December 28, 2016

Most of California's local sales tax initiatives passed (aNewsCafe)
Someone made a bike out of golf clubs (Road.cc)
New law takes effect January 1: Hands off that cellphone when driving (Sacramento Bee)
San Francisco and Oakland have the worst-maintained streets in the U.S. (SFGate)
What was Uber's endgame, anyway? (SF Examiner)
Palo Alto votes to approve new parking garages, despite reservations (East Bay Times)
Pasadena claims it has housed all its formerly homeless families (Pasadena News Now)
California creates jobs but not enough housing (OC Housing News)
Automakers prepare for a car-light future (NY Times)

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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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