Friday’s Headlines
More on ballot measures, everyone laughing at Caltrans obsession with underwater highway, HSR, PCH, CHIPS and More...
8:14 AM PDT on August 28, 2026
- Judge Dismisses Suit Against Bay Transit Funding Measure (EastBayTimes)
- Who Is Pushing Fresno County Transit Tax? (Fresno Bee)
- Caltrans Pouring More Money into Sinking Highway (SFChron)
- Local Efforts Underway Up and Down the Coast to Fix Deadly PCH (SF Gate)
- Scaled Down Coastal Commission Bill Unanimously Passes Leg. (SaMo Next)
- More on Future CAHSRA Maintenance Yard (Fresno Bee)
- Do We Need More CHP on Highways? (OC Reg)
- San Diego Breaks Ground on Two Complete Streets Projects (Fox 5, CBS 8)
- Should California Be Regulating Tires? (Union-Trib)
- Some Sac. Trains Not Running This Weekend (SacBee)
- Times of SD Takes a Ride on Waymo
- Oil Company: People Love Driving (Jalopnik)
- Climate Change Ruining Nature (Grist)
- Volvo Tech Allows Cars to Tell Other Cars About Hazzards (The Verge)
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