Today’s Headlines

8:26 AM PDT on November 4, 2021

Supreme Court could gut government's power to fight climate change (Vox)
Yup, the main driver of extreme wildfires is climate change (LA Times)
California might get rid of incentives for rooftop solar, making climate goals much harder to reach (LA Times)
Youth to everyone: Stop destroying the planet (LA Times)
Wilma Chan, Alameda County Supervisor, killed by driver while walking her dog (SF Chronicle, SF Gate)
It is time to invest in making streets safe for women (Ms. Magazine)
Unvaccinated operators force Muni to reduce service (SF Chronicle)
State launches "housing strike force" to enforce tenant and housing production laws (Office of Attorney General)
State redistricting is happening now: here's an explainer (CalMatters)
The source of the hydrogen sulfide that's polluting Carson's air is still not clear (Business Insider)
The fight over solar farms in the Mojave (LA Times)

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Melanie Curry

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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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