Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:38 AM PDT on July 28, 2017
- Utility companies knew about climate change for decades (Grist)
- Trying to breathe: For many Californians, local air quality is terrible (CalMatters)
- San Diego neighborhood hears the usual tired arguments against its bike network (Union Tribune)
- Court ruling on CEQA: same writer, different editors–
- Transit deserts make it hard for people to get jobs and stay healthy (The Conversation)
- Study: Driving for more than two hours every day is bad for brains (Independent)
- Study: Americans waste $73 billion per year looking for parking (Geek Wire)
- Study: Speeding kills nearly as many people as drunk driving (CBS)
- First section of CV Link under construction (Discover Cathedral City)
- Fact check: Yes, Inland Empire has second-fastest job growth in CA (PolitiFact)
- Maybe youth should be allowed to join bike-share (CNN)
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