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Wednesday’s Headlines

Election wins for climate and ocean; Hundreds of bike riders celebrate the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike path; Transit workers struck at UCs; More

Tower Bridge in Sacramento. Photo by Caltrans.

  • State-level election wins for the climate (Trellis)
  • State and local victories for coasts and ocean (Surfrider)
  • Capitol Corridor Joint Powers Authority to meet today on plan to relocate service, eliminate Hayward station (City of Hayward)
  • Hundreds of SF street ambassadors could be laid off (SF Chronicle)
  • Sacramento high school students learn to question - and change- dangerous roads (Sacramento Bee)
  • LAX People Mover is moving ahead (LAist)
  • Street changes are coming to SF's inner sunset neighborhood (SF Chronicle)
  • SF's Valencia St center-running bike lanes are going away (KQED)
  • Bike riders celebrate Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike path anniversary - and urge officials not to get rid of it (Richmondside)
  • How Caltrans is striving for sustainability (Composites Manufacturing)
  • Unions representing hundreds of transit and other workers to strike all UC campuses today and tomorrow (Lookout Santa Cruz)

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