Today’s Headlines

8:36 AM PDT on March 30, 2022

Climate is changing, not in a good way (IPCC)
Alternative to paying for gas: bikes and transit (KTVU)
Berkeley tries to balance curb space uses (Berkeleyside)
Electric on-demand shuttle to launch in Richmond on Earth Day (Richmond Standard)
The local transit projects the feds want to fund (Route Fifty)
Florida, other states sue to end federal mask mandate on transit (LA Times, ABC)
- ...just in time for a new wave of Omicron (LA Times)
Universal road user education is desperately needed in the U.S. (Eno)
Fresno general plan in trouble for planning new industrial uses near low-income neighborhoods (Fresno Bee)
Assembly Dems send a clear message that they won't support suspending the gas tax (CalMatters)
California reparations task force narrows who is eligible for theoretical payments (AP, CalMatters)

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