Today’s Headlines
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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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