Monday’s Headlines
Trump Wants to Drill in our water, today's a good day to tell him no and a ton of local news from up and down the state.
9:48 AM PDT on August 10, 2026
- Trump’s War on California’s Environment Has Hearing in SaMo Today (Chron, LAT)
- The Fresno Bee Recaps the Insanity Around Transpo. Tax Renewal
- City of Fresno Places Tax on Ballot In Case County Tax Doesn’t Qualify (Fresnoland)
- E-Bike Wars Exploding in OC (SF Gate)
- San Diego Launches E-Bike Safety Campaign (Fox 5)
- Taking Muni or a Scooter to ‘Outside Lands’ (ABC7)
- Seven El Sereno Caltrans 710 Freeway Homes Sold to First Time Buyers (Eastsider)
- Flock Planned to Use Ride Share for Rolling Surveillance State (404 Media)
- CA Says License Plate Data Safe…But Nothing Safe from Flock (SacBee)
- I-80 Bridge Over Bay to Close for 53 Hours (SacBee)
- Shock Study: Places Where People Drive Less Have Fewer Crashes (Journal of Transport and Sustainability)
- Aging out of Driving is Sad, but Nothing About the Danger to People Outside their Cars? (SFChron)
- Heatwaves Trigger So Cal Forest Fires (KTLA, LAT, SC Signal)
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