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8:29 AM PDT on October 26, 2021

    • Anticipating a Halloween nightmare of traffic in San Francisco (SF Chronicle)
    • South Monterey County celebrates opening of transit operations center, serving rural areas (King City Rustler)
    • Clean a stretch of California highway, earn money (Record Searchlight)
    • Controversial parking garage for Dublin BART still not built (Mercury News)
    • Federal officials say BART extension to San Jose could cost twice as much as original estimate (Mercury News)
    • State Democratic party defers decision on banning contributions from fossil fuel, law enforcement groups (SF Chronicle)
    • Why do Americans shrug off traffic violence? (NBC News)
    • Tesla drivers can pay insurance rates based on how well they drive, as observed in real time by their vehicles (The Verge)
    • Tiny methane leaks in homes have big impacts (Yale Climate Connections)
    • California is redrawing government districts statewide and locally (CalMatters)

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