Monday’s Headlines

Court Rules VTA strike is over, SF's "New Beach" opens, Encinitas cancels bike lane plan, HSR song, more...

By Damien Newton

9:42 AM PDT on April 14, 2025

“Finish the Line” A Fun New Advocacy Song Promoting High Speed Rail (Embedded Below)
Court Upholds Earlier Ruling Upholding VTA Strike (SJ Spotlight, Local News)
A Tale of Two Headline Styles
- “Pure Joy” on San Francisco’s Beach (SFChron, KRON4)
- “Controversial” New Park Opens (KQED, SFStandard, MissionLocal)
Encinitas Pulls Proposed Bike Lane Because Street Is Dangerous (Coast News)
Major Highway Construction on Route 41 in Madera (FresnoBee)
Fresno Loses Court Case Over “Anti-Camping” Law (Fresnoland)
Gas Prices Rise in the Summer (SacBee)
Super Important Update on Classic Car Laws (OC Register)
Trump’s Tariffs Making Cars More Expensive (CNBC, Streetsblog USA)
Trump’s Tariffs Making bikes and E-bikes More Expensive (Heatmap)
Somewhere 40% and 83% of Bikes in U.S. Made with Overseas Parts or Made Overseas (Seattle Bike Blog)

For more headlines: SBLA , SBSF , SBUSA

Damien Newton

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