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As October is nigh, attention begins to drift away from Sacramento for now...

By Damien Newton

10:40 AM PDT on September 30, 2025

I know I say this a lot, but it's nots that the official logo for the project shows that it will soon be underwater.

SacBee Also Questions the “Highway Project for Ducks”
Update on MLK Safety Upgrade (Oaklandside)
Berkeley Makes Upgrades in “Southside” Near Campus (Berkeleyside)
Olympics Will Use 500 Electric School Bus Fleet (LAist, KCAL)
Campaign Against Prop 50 Is Shrinking (Politico)
Pasadena To Sell 17 Caltrans 710 Freeway Homes (Pasadena Now)
SoCal has Free Ride Day for Transit Tomorrow (FOX5, SaMo Next)
Movement to Name Highway That Killed James Dean After James Dean (FresnoBee)
Will CA’s Ice-Out-Of-Schools Law Matter? (FresnoBee)
San Diego’s Trash Pickup Reforms Off to Slow Start (Union-Trib)
“Buy America” Campaign Jacking Up Cost of Transit Expansion (CityLab)
Sacramento Claims “Foodie City” Title (SacBee)
Subway Surfing Panic (New York Times)

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

Damien Newton

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