Friday’s Headlines
While LA's legislators seek to horde Cap-and-Trade, SF's are just trying to keep the trains running.
10:55 AM PDT on September 5, 2025
- Newsom Holding Up Financial Lifeline to Bay Area Transit (Politico, EastBayTimes)
- Labor Drops Opposition to SB 79 (LB Post)
- San Diego Transit Agency Will Raise Fares and Cut Service (Union-Trib)
- More On A Line Montclair In Limbo (FGL Construction Authority, SBCTA, Claremont Courier)
- Complaints About Downtown Parking Costs During Public Events in SD (Union-Trib)
- Newhall Weekend Shuttle Pilot Reports Low Ridership (SC Signal, SCV News)
- High Speed Rail Threatens Ridership at Sacramento Airport (SacBee)
- West Sac. Gets a Hydrogen Powered Train (SacBee)
- Waymo Going to San Jose Airport (SFChron, TechCrunch, FutureTransport)
- Chula Vista Crackdown on E-Bikes (CBS8)
- COVID Cases on the Rise, FDA Limits Vaccine (Fresno Bee)
- Climate Scientists Blasted Trump Report Downplaying Climate Change (The Guardian)
- A Case Study in Windshield-Bias Reporting (USA Today)
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