Monday’s Headlines
No Fracking off Ventura, Sacramento/Flock, Measure C, Cars on Sidewalks, More...
8:04 AM PDT on August 17, 2026
- 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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