Friday’s Headlines
We don't have a wildfire crisis; it's an everything crisis; Notes on Newsom's budget proposal; San Diego's transit faces deficit; More
8:11 AM PST on January 17, 2025
Note: Streetsblog California will take a break on Monday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
- We don’t have a wildfire crises. We have an everything crisis (CP&DR)
- More on CARB pulling back request for waiver on clean trucks ahead of Trump administration (The Guardian)
- Some notes on Newsom’s budget proposal (CalMatters)
- …and some climate takeaways (Legal Planet)
- Webinar: How the LA fires are fueled by climate change (Covering Climate Now)
- Bill would speed up light rail, bus lane conversions (Press Telegram)
- San Diego transit faces deficit, mulls options – none good (San Diego Union Tribune)
- Sebastopol is reimagining its downtown, with a CA Sustainable Transportation Planning grant (Sebastopol Times)
- Santa Barbara’s Bike Month celebration, CycleMAYnia, offers mini-grants to help groups plan bike-related activities (Independent)
- A fun bit of history: Southern California tunnels (Daily Bulletin)
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