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Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PDT on August 17, 2018

    • Richmond city officials decry arrest of black bike advocate Najari Smith (East Bay Express)
    • A simple pedestrian crossing on Highway 1 is anything but (Half Moon Bay Review)
    • Sebastopol police launch crosswalk sting operation (Sonoma West)
    • LA moved to ban rental scooters in March, but they aren't gone (LA Times)
    • They can't make autonomous cars safe, so they want pedestrians to take responsibility (Bloomberg)
    • In Atlanta, a lawsuit contends the city can't afford not to fix its sidewalks (CityLab)
    • Analysis: Most new oil wells approved by Brown administration are in disadvantaged communities (Center for Biological Diversity)
    • Trump administration has declared war on the environment (Capitol Weekly)

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