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Wedneday’s Headlines

I am. Somebody.

By Damien Newton

8:59 AM PST on February 18, 2026

Slate of Traffic Safety/DUI Bills Continues to Grow (CalMatters)
Breaking: HSR Head Goes on Leave (SacBee)
More on Choudri’s Arrest, Legal Woes (SF Gate, KCRA 3)
Road Widening in Fresno County Stalls (Fresno Bee)
Highways Close as Snow Blankets NorCal (SacBee)
After Months of ICE raids, Day Labor Center at LA Home Depot Repels Eviction (LA Public Press)
North Bay Billionaire Obsessed with Killing SMART Train (PressDemocrat)
Marin Transit Agency Discusses Role of AVs (MarinIJ)
Waymo Denies Using Remote Drivers (theVerge)
SoCal Air Board Rejected Pollution Rules after AI-generated Flood of Comments (LA Times)
More on Fallout from Trump Admin’s Abandonment of Clean Air (NYT, Forbes, Grist)
Mourning the Loss of Curbed’s Archive (Architect’s Newspaper)
Speaking of Mourning…I Am. Somebody. (YouTube)

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