Wednesday’s Headlines
Is there more news happening these days, or am I getting better at finding it?
8:00 AM PST on March 4, 2026
- Black Pedestrians Disproportionately Killed in Sacramento (Sac Observer)
- Cars Killing Animals at Record Pace (LA Reported)
- More on HSR Plan to Shave $2 Billion (Fresno Bee)
- Alameda Mayor: Safe Streets Good for Everyone (East Bay Times)
- 3 Dead Pedestrians in SF This Year, Advocates Say It’s Just the Start (SF Chron)
- SaMo Forgets Daylighting Paint After Fixing Storm Drains (Next)
- 3/4 of Americans Think New Cars Are Unaffordable (Jalopnik)
- The LA “Marathon Crash” Is a Great, Free, Unofficial Bike Race (LAist)
- Transit Hacks for OC to LAX and Back (OC Register)
- Cops Spending Time Helping Confused Waymos (SF Gate)
- E-bike Incentives Shift to More Equitable Point of Sale Discount (Transportation Research and Education Center)
- Dems. Still Trying to Figure Out Governor Primary (Daily News)
- Gas Prices Rising (SF Chron, Union-Trib)
- Can I Break the Law if There Are No Witnesses? (SacBee)
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