Friday’s Headlines
Lots of reading to get you ready for your weekend.
10:18 AM PDT on October 23, 2026
- Encinitas Takes State to Court For Right to Destroy Bikeway (Union-Trib)
- L.A. City In Mediation Over Sidewalk Repair Settlement (LAist)
- LA Advances Plans For Future Pico Rivera Metrolink Station (Downey Patriot)
- Half Of Pasadena Traffic Deaths Are Pedestrians, City Weighs Improvements (Pasadena Now)
- San Jose Speed Cameras (KQED)
- Sacramento Moves To Enforcement of E-Bke/Moto/Scooter Regs for Kids (SacBee)
- More on Oakland’s 20th Street Bikeway (Oaklandside)
- More on Inglewood Transit Connector (LAist, Urbanize)
- Fresno Approves $1 Million in Legal Aid for Immigrants Harassed/Assaulted/Kidnapped by ICE (Fresnoland)
- More Police/Flock Abuse (SacBee)
- Climate Change Leads to Flooded Roads, Eroding Beaches, Suspended Rail Service in Socal/OC (OC Reg)
- National Highway Trust Fund Almost Broke. Trumpflation Makes It Hard to See a Way to Raise Funds (Tax Policy Center)
- Waymo Plans to Quadruple Fleet By End of Next Year (Gizmodo)
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