Tuesday’s Headlines
The Newsom encampment ban was the big story yesterday, but there's something chilling about how the high heats are killing the cherry crop in the Central Valley.
7:37 AM PDT on May 13, 2025
- Mixed Reaction to Newsom’s Encampment Ban (Daily News, Examiner, SacBee)
- BART Shutdown Highlights Fragility of Bay Area Transit (CBSNews)
- Update on Valencia’s New Bike Lanes (Axios)
- LA Metro Will Break Ground on NoHo-Pasadena BRT in June (Outlook News)
- Global Warming Killing Central Valley’s Cherry Crop (Fresno Bee)
- Lower Priced Housing, Higher Wages Are Key to Fixing CA (Register)
- Rent IS Falling in Some Places (Union-Trib)
- Brookings: Feds Should Move to Housing-Style Block Grants for Transpo
- Spray Painting Someone’s Tesla Is Vandalism, Not Domestic Terrorism (SacBee)
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