Wednesday’s Headlines
Lots of attention on Cruise losing its license to drive; Has massive housing boom in Berkeley led to lower rents?
8:49 AM PDT on October 25, 2023
- Weeks after a pedestrian was pinned under one of its robocars, DMV yanks Cruise license to operate without a driver (SF Examiner, LA Times, Reuters, Sacramento Bee)
- Was there a coverup? (SF Chronicle)
- Has the massive housing building boom in Berkeley lowered rents yet? (Berkeleyside)
- Berkeley planning commission may loosen rules for housing at BART station (Berkeleyside)
- California’s Central Valley is suffering the effects of the changing climate (LA Times)
- Women in Iceland – including the Prime Minister – strike for equal pay, end to violence (AP)
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