Today’s Headlines

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By Melanie Curry

8:45 AM PDT on May 15, 2023

Happy Bike to Work Week: The Tri-Valley celebrates (Pleasanton Weekly)
Why the e-bike will replace cars (Inverse)
Pico Rivera wants to build a marathon-length bus-only lane (Long Beach Post)
High speed rail program completes signature viaduct in Fresno (KTLA)
Budget deficit grows; Newsom proposes more cuts (and no money for transit) (CalMatters, Mercury News)
Proposed Hwy 37 toll would be paid by low-income communities (Marin Independent Journal)
Corporations use greenwashing to make it sound like they are battling climate change (The Conversation)
The history of Tulare Lake (Hanford Sentinel)
The ugly truth behind “We Buy Houses” (ProPublica)
The NIMBYs in my backyard (Slate)
Pushing for gender parity in the California legislature (Capitol Weekly)

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Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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