Thursday’s Headlines
The end of "car free Market Street," LA's Vision Zero Flop, More Freeway Miles, Less Oil and Teslas and more...
8:22 AM PDT on April 17, 2025
- Lyft and Uber Want on Market Street too (KRON4)
- The Five Buses that Will Stop Running Down Market Street (SFGate, CBSNews)
- More on LA’s Vision Zero Flop (Daily News)
- I-5 Widening in OC Is Completed (OC Register)
- South Pasadena Wants Citizens to Have Better Bike Locks (South Pasadean)
- Sausalito to Fund Repaving, Repairs? (MarinIJ)
- NorCal Oil Refinery Shuts Down (Union-Trib)
- 30% of Incarcerated in Sacramento Are Homeless (SacBee)
- Prop 36 Not Getting People Into Rehab (Merc-News)
- LA County Supervisor Proposes Water Taxis for Olympics (LB Post)
- What Parks Are Free in California for National Park Week (FresnoBee)
- Tesla Sales Slump Continues in CA (Merc-News)
- Why Are Drivers Killing So Many Pedestrians? (Governing)
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