- Long Beach Planning Speed Camera Program (NBC4)
- San Diego: Great for Cars, Deadly for Kids (Planetizen)
- Oakland to Charge on Sundays for Previously 'Free' Car Storage (EastBayTimes)
- Transit Leaders Weigh El Camino Real Upgrades (SMDailyJournal)
- SaMo Rejected Olympic Volleyball, Plans Major Events (Next)
- OC Cities Look To Patch Budgets By Increasing Parking Revenue (Voice of OC)
- Caltrans Blocking Tenants From Buying 710 Freeway Homes (Pasadena Now)
- Fear of ICE Changing Culture of Farm Towns (Fresno Bee)
- Dems. Reintroduced Leg. to Boost Funding for Transit, Including Operations (Trains)
- US Cities Are Not Friendly Places for Seniors to Walk (The Conversation)
Bonzing skateboards set up a ramp for play at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Also, the parking meter did double duty as a hat/phone holder. Photo: Melanie Curry/Streetsblog
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