Wednesday’s Headlines
Freeway widenings, transit strikes, tariffs, but the news isn't all bad....
9:16 AM PDT on March 12, 2025
- Caltrans Moving on $778 Million Widening of 91 Freeway (Patch)
- AC Transit’s Fare Hike (Berkeleyside)
- Palo Alto Makes Pair of Car-Free Streets Permanent (Palo Alto Online)
- VTA Files Suit Against Strikers (EastBayTimes)
- 405 Toll Lanes in OC Raise $19 per Car in Peak Hours (OC Register)
- Santa Rosa Releases Draft Bike/Ped Plan (Press-Dem)
- California’s Republicans Feeling Optimistic (SacBee)
- Senate Leader Asks Dodgers to Drop Oil and Gas Sponsorship (LAT)
- Rally Links Fire Damage, Climate, and Fossil Fuels (Pasadena Now)
- San Diego Moves Towards Ban on Camp Fires at Homeless Encampments (Union-Trib)
- State Workers Worried They Don’t Have Enough Office Space (SacBee)
- Trump Admin’s Tariffs Will Hurt Bus Manufacturers (Mass Transit)
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