Friday’s Headlines

2024 hottest year ever; Slave labor is fighting fires; Border Patrol is already arresting people; More studies fine NO safety problems from allowing bike riders to slow roll stop signs; More

By Melanie Curry

8:21 AM PST on January 10, 2025

Smoky sunrise over LA on Thursday, January 11, 2025. Photograph by Nic Warner

Tracking the Southern California fires (CalMatters)
2024 was the hottest year ever (AP News)
Slave labor in the form of incarcerated firefighters is providing critical support in L.A. (CalMatters)
Border patrol raids Bakersfield businesses, arresting and harassing farmworkers and casual laborers (CalMatters)
Two new studies show no safety downsides to allowing bike riders to treat stop signs as yield signs (CalBike)
What to wear is no joke: Some automatic crash prevention systems in cars may not recognize high-vis clothing (Sacramento Bee)
Progress on California’s high-speed rail program (Railway Supply, Mass Transit)
Governor Newsom to release budget proposal today (CalMatters)

Find more California headlines at Streetsblog LA and Streetsblog SF

Melanie Curry

Today's Headlines

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