Thursday’s Headlines
Headlines from up and down the state.
11:17 AM PDT on October 15, 2026
- More on Bay Area Transit Measure (MotherJones)
- Hermosa Beach Cancels Holiday Free Parking Program (Daily Breeze)
- WeHo Considers Cancelling Planned Protected Bike Lanes (Biking in LA)
- Euro Regulators Get Tesla to Stop Lying About “Self Driving” Car (Bloomberg).
- Feds Looking Into Reports of Cybercab Speeding in School Zones (The Verge)
- More Deets on ICE Agent Who Attacked Fresno Resident (SacBee)
- Pleads Not Guilty (Fresno Bee)
- No Kings Rally Planned for This Weekend (OC Reg)
- NYC Congestion Pricing Leads to 31% Drop in Fine Particulates (Columbia University)
- Mayor Karen Bass: “…there’s very influential people who are supporting your [Nithya Raman’s] campaign who are very, very much advocates for bike lanes.” (K Oong Bluesky)
- Some Advocate Responses (Reddit, Hale of People Vision Zero, @westlabicycle)
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