Thursday’s Headlines
Great news out of Fresno...
11:52 AM PDT on April 16, 2026
- Fresno’s Better Roads Safe Streets Ballot Measure Hands in 30k Signatures (AOL)
- There Were Two Competing Measures, This Is the Good One
- Caltrans Drops Speed Limit on PCH in Monterey (Cal Post)
- San Diego’s Budget a Hot Mess…More on That Later (Union-Trib)
- LAX People Mover Testing Getting Underway (LAT)
- Here’s the Timeline for HSR Construction in Fresno (Fresno Bee)
- Judge Allows LA Street Measure, Challenged by Advocates, to Stand (Bikas)
- San Jose Makes Transit Funding Plans (EastBayTimes)
- Rivas Secures $250K For Sidewalk/Access Project In Panorama (SFV Sun)
- LA City Council Says LA 2028 Deceived Them (OC Reg.)
- What Is Car Bloat? (NYT)
- CA Ocean Water At Record Highs (LAT)
- CA Snowpack At Record Low (KTLA)
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