Today’s Headlines
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
8:40 AM PDT on August 12, 2020
- Evictions are happening, despite “moratorium” (CalMatters)
- Again, court rules that Uber, Lyft drivers are employees (Transport Topics)
- Judge loses patience with Uber, Lyft “nonsense” (LA Times)
- Legislative Analyst’s Office warning: Coastal cities, prepare for sea level rise now (Capitol Weekly)
- Vehicle traffic rebounding; transit ridership, not so much (Progressive Railroading)
- San Diego’s new perspective on transit (Mass Transit)
- 95-year-old “Bicycle Bob” hits 100,000 miles on his bike (KSBY)
- Scenes from Oakland’s first day of online school (Oaklandside)
- Lafayette again postpones a decision on housing development (SF Chronicle)
- Farmworkers worry about retaliation for talking about COVID concerns (Modesto Bee)
- Simon Cowell crash raises concerns about e-bike safety, but that was no e-bike, sir (TreeHugger)
More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF
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