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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.

By Damien Newton

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)

Get the rest of the headlines at SBUSA, SBLA, and SBSF.

Damien Newton

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