Friday’s Headlines
Today is International Women's Day. Women are increasing their numbers in the CA legislature; Build good bike infrastructure, and people will ride; How corporations won the fight to keep their polluting secret; More
8:02 AM PST on March 8, 2024
- How corporate America won the fight to keep its pollution secret (Heated)
- Major sporting events offer transit a chance to shine (San Jose Spotlight)
- Federal money available for transit (Bloomberg)
- Study: Build good bike infrastructure, and people will use it (Momentum Mag)
- The number of women – and women of color – in California’s legislature is likely to grow (CalMatters)
- Using AI to prevent homelessness (CalMatters)
- Big downtown LA development gets a boost from Governor Newsom (LA Times)
- Children are starving to death in Gaza (AP)
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