Today’s Headlines

• Poorest neighborhoods in Fresno finalize plan for parks, sidewalks, school, jobs with $35m in cap-and-trade funding (NextCity)
• Bikes help women escape Northern California fires with dog (NBC4), with kids while pregnant (Sacramento Bee)
• Santa Maria: Workshop on unmet transit needs, Oct 26, is hiding under the radar (Santa Maria Times)
• Cupertino plans bike festival next weekend (Mercury News)
• Rebuilt bridge to Big Sur opens (US News)
• Transportation “improvements” (for highways) coming soon to Riverside County (Press Enterprise)
• Caltrans is looking for input on its statewide rail plan (Progressive Railroading)
• Buckle up: Next year’s election is going to be a wild ride (LA Times)
  (SF Gate)
• Bicycle suspension is evil (Outside)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF