Friday’s Headlines
A stack of mostly good news heading into the weekend or. Alternate headline: let's hope I don't get sunstroke.
7:50 AM PST on March 6, 2026
Yup, I’m running the LA Marathon this weekend. I’ll be wearing green and the 2024 jersey. If you see me, say hi.
- San Diego Ballot Measures Could Focus on Infrastructure (Union-Trib)
- Studies Exploring Connected Light Rail for Fresno County (Fresno Bee)
- BART Turning Parking to Housing (SF Gate)
- High-Speed Rail Gets Some Positive Press (People, The Sun)
- NTSB Seemingly Absolves Waymo in SaMo Crash (Next)
- What Are Cities Going to do about Driverless Cars? (Vox)
- Angelenos Cleaning Streets Themselves (Daily News)
- What Info Do Bus Drivers Have to Give at Crash? (OC Register)
- Muni Goes Viral (SF Gate)
- We’re Going Up! Up! Up!…Gas Prices That Is (SacBee, Union-Trib)
- This Is Encouraging for Me…(LAT)
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