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No Fracking off Ventura, Sacramento/Flock, Measure C, Cars on Sidewalks, More...

By Damien Newton

8:04 AM PDT on August 17, 2026

Ventura-to-Goleta multimodal corridor project rendering via Caltrans.

Coastal Commission Denies Fracking off Ventura Coast (Inertia)
Sacramento Doesn’t Use Flock, But It Does Use Cameras (SacBee)
40-Year History of Fresno County’s Measure C (FresnoBee)
In SD, Cars Cut Across Sidewalks All the Time (Times of SD)
It’s Up to You When Kid Can Walk to School Alone (SacBee)
HSR Narrows Locations for Central Valley Maintenance Facility to South of Fresno or South of Hansford (Your Central Valley)
Irvine Uses Drones, Dogs, to Recover Stolen Bikes (Santa Ana News)
Climate Change Expensive (The Conversation)
Skepchick talks about why Trump hates bike lanes.
HSR Author: Yes, US Moving Too Slow…But China Moving Too Fast (Damage)
Lower Speed Limits Help, But Aren’t a Magic Bullet (KOUW)

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