Friday’s Headlines
We did the headlines stack, but if you can find a way to join the ICE protests today, we encourage you too.
10:29 AM PST on January 30, 2026
- Friday January 30: NO WORK. NO SCHOOL. NO SHOPPING. STOP FUNDING ICE. (National Shutdown)
- Activists Want City to Legalize DIY Crosswalks (LAist)
- Orange Keeps Spending Money to Stop Drivers from Hitting Traffic Circle (OC Register)
- What S.F. Would Look Like With Transit Cuts (SFChron)
- Anaheim Transportation Network for Visitors Begins to “Wind Down” (OC Register)
- ICE Terror Reaching Reaching Record Numbers (L.A. Taco)
- Hey Look, Yet Another Union-Trib Piece on Balboa Park Parking
- More on BART/Uber Deal (48Hills)
- San Rafael to Build New Bike/Ped Route Under 101 (MarinIJ)
- Linton Seeks Preliminary Injunction In Measure HLA Lawsuit (Bikas)
- Almost Everyone in the World Breathes Unsafe Air (The Guardian)
- EV’s Outselling Gas Cars in Europe. Declining Sales in America (Inside EVs, Autopian)
- Maybe Fast Chargers Can Seal the Deal (LAT)
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