Today’s Headlines

7:52 AM PDT on April 2, 2021

CARB proposes EV rule for Uber, Lyft (Freightwaves)
Gas plants, rising heat, energy use, climate change - all connected, and a mess (LA Times)
California continues to approve oil tanks in low-income communities (Capital and Main)
Kern Co Supervisors, after speeding up oil drilling permits, attack tax breaks for solar power (Bakersfield)
Feds: Don't give Metro money to keep widening freeways (LA Times)
How Biden's infrastructure plan could help the Bay Area (KCRW)
- Plan includes money for walking and biking (Rails to Trails)

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.

Stay in touch

More from Streetsblog California

Today's Headlines

Thursday’s Headlines

California and Trump continue to spar and more news from up and down the state.

Damien Newton

May 8, 2025

Streetsblog USA Podcast

Talking Headways Podcast: ‘Normal’ is Not Correct, Someone Died Here

After a crash, the debris is quickly cleaned up and everyone moves on (usually too quickly). But these two experts are asking us to all slow down.

May 8, 2025

Streetsblog Los Angeles Issues

Metro Names Bill Scott as Chief of Police

Chief Scott and Metro leadership emphasized that keeping Metro transit safe would require a multi-faceted approach that included the deployment of officers as well as collaboration with the community, ambassadors, and service providers. "Sometimes enforcement is the answer," Scott said. "Sometimes it's not."

May 7, 2025

Streetsblog California

State Supreme Court Reinforces Rules that Cities Must Maintain Safe Roads

When Ty Whitehead was injured in a crash caused by a pothole in Oakland, it sparked an eight-year legal battle that is still being waged.

Damien Newton

May 7, 2025

Jobs Board

Interested in a Job Fighting Climate Change? Climate Plan Seeks New Director

This coalition of nonprofits working to shift California's transportation infrastructure towards sustainable and equitable travel is looking for someone to lead their new campaigns

Damien Newton

May 7, 2025

See all posts