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Friday’s Headlines

While LA's legislators seek to horde Cap-and-Trade, SF's are just trying to keep the trains running.

By Damien Newton

10:55 AM PDT on September 5, 2025

Gav. at a BART stop.

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)

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

Damien Newton

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