Today’s Headlines

8:43 AM PST on January 8, 2021

1 in 5 COVID tests in LA come back positive (LA Times)
- Stay home, don't travel (LA Times)
Safety changes--reflective markers, double lines, no passing zone--coming to section of Highway 41 in Fresno County where some are pushing widening (GV Wire, Fresno Bee, KPMH)
Five things you should know about California's housing crisis (CalMatters)
It's time to get serious about fighting climate change (CityCommentary)
Transportation Department head Chao leaves behind a conflicted legacy (Politico)
What a majority Democrat U.S. Senate could mean for California (SF Chronicle)
Will the California GOP survive this? (Capitol Weekly)
How each California representative voted on the Electoral College count (SF Chronicle)

More California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, ever since commuting to school by bike long before bike lanes were a thing. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, editor of Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center, and earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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