Today’s Headlines

8:40 AM PDT on April 3, 2023

There is no greater feminist cause than the climate fight (The Guardian)
As sea level rises, so does groundwater - bringing up long-buried contaminants (Grist)
More studies show climate changes causing huge damage to low-income communities (LA Times)
Martinez residents warned on toxic residue from nearby refinery--too little? too late? (LA Times)
LA gets federal funds to do a "digital inventory" of curb assets (Green Car Congress)
Alameda County plans major changes to San Pablo Avenue; resident weigh in (Berkeleyside)
Did oil money weaken price gouging measure? (Sacramento Bee)
Feds okay California plan to require big rigs be zero emission (CalMatters)
My cane is not a decoration (Next Avenue)
Driver who crashed into an Apple store charged with murder, assault and battery "astounding" his lawyer (AP)

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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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