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Today’s Headlines

8:22 AM PDT on March 20, 2020

    • If you live in California, you are under a "stay-at-home" order (LA Times)
    • Los Angeles orders closing of businesses, bans all public gatherings (LA Times)
    • See California's COVID-19 website with state and local info, resources
    • Some believe it's a hoax. What's it gonna take? (Washington Post)
    • Cleaning workers are crucial, at risk, and largely ignored (CityLab)
    • Is Japan escaping coronavirus--or about to see a spike? (Bloomberg)
    • Homeless to lose hot meals as part of COVID-19 response, as a start (Berkeleyside)
    • San Francisco says bike shops are "essential" and will remain open (SFGate)
    • How transit agencies are dealing with the virus impacts (Transit Center)
    • Plan for Bay Area transportation "mega measure" on hold (Mercury News)
    • This may be the end for alt weeklies (Nieman Lab)
    • Shadowy Canadian executives continue purchasing local CA newspapers (Santa Maria Sun)
    • Public-transit-focused Green New Deal being developed (Smart Cities Dive)
      • Voters would support that (Gizmodo)
    • Feds revising standards for AV testing, not focusing on safety but on not stifling innovation--60 days to comment (PBS)
    • NY Post says bike injuries up, car crashes down, but hides this tidbit: "the overwhelming majority of the injuries were caused by motorist error"

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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