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Today’s Headlines

8:29 AM PDT on October 11, 2022

    • 2022 legislative wrap up from Legal Planet
    • Newsom calls for special session on oil profits (CalMatters)
    • WaPo writers navigates transit all around the San Francisco Bay, and headline focuses on... empty train cars? (Washington Post)
    • A vision for a train alternative to I-10, from L.A. to Palm Springs (Mercury News)
    • Clean California funds will "beautify" a highway near Chumash Museum near Santa Ynez (Independent)
    • Emissions from ports of L.A., Long Beach rose significantly since 2020 (Daily News)
    • Turns out people don't really like living in a sea of warehouses (NY Times)
    • State doesn't know how many people died in summer heat waves (LA Times)
    • Climate change wreaks havoc with Amtrak schedule (Mass Transit)
    • Tribes to manage and protect California coastal areas (NY1)
    • Who's paying to defeat Prop 30? Some super-rich people (SF Chronicle)
    • Voter fraud in California? There have been scattered, unsuccessful attempts (CalMatters)
    • Parklets made businesses a lot of money; Hmmmm, parking must be underpriced (Globe and Mail)

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Melanie Curry

Streetsblog California editor Melanie Curry has been thinking about transportation, and how to improve conditions for bicyclists, since her early days commuting by bike to UCLA long ago. She was Managing Editor at the East Bay Express, and edited Access Magazine for the University of California Transportation Center. She also earned her Masters in City Planning from UC Berkeley.

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