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Friday’s Headlines

It's a mostly "bad news" set of links. Brace yourself.

By Damien Newton

10:39 AM PDT on May 1, 2026

Sahra Sulaiman looks down from the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge in 2013.

Fake News on CAHSR Costs Going Viral (Newsweek, Yahoo)
Terrible Bridge Redesign That We Covered a Dozen Years Ago Moving Forward in LA (CBS2)
Streets for All Compares Curb Ramp Costs – Beverly Hills: $10K, Caltrans in L.A.: $15K, L.A. City: $50K
More on Santa Monica & Vermont Apartments (Urbanize, Daily News)
More on More Cars on Market Street (SFGate, KRON4)
Autonomous Trucks Coming (SFExaminer)
CicloIrvine Is This Weekend (OC Reg.)
Sacramento Considers Raising Parking Fines to Close Deficit (SacBee)
Tracking Ped. Deaths: Safe Cities Get Safer. Scary Cities Get Scarier. (Findings Press)
E-bike Crashes Leading to Government Overreactions (Governing)
Gas Prices Still Rising (Union-Trib)

More Headlines at SBUSA, SBLA, and SBSF

Damien Newton

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