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Damien Newton

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Streetsblog, Santa Monica Next, and SGV Weekly Are Finalists for Eight L.A. Press Club Awards

By Damien Newton | May 19, 2023 | No Comments
Streetsblog Los Angeles appears as a finalist in five L.A. Press Club award categories, including Best Blog, Best Online Journalist, and Best Audio Journalist
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SGV Connect 110 : Life as a Reclaimer

By Damien Newton | May 5, 2023 | No Comments
The state and the whole world was in chaos,” recounts Marta of the day she moved in to her reclaimed home. “So they didn't take us out. Governor Newsom told the CHP to stand down and not do anything when we reclaimed."
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Car Free JFK Turns 3

By Damien Newton | May 2, 2023 | No Comments
Last Friday, leaders of Walk SF, the San Francisco Bike Coalition and hundreds of Bay Area residents gathered on "Car-Free JFK" in Golden Gate Park to celebrate the car-free streets 3rd anniversary.
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SGV Connect 109: Rick Cole and Norma Quinones

By Damien Newton | Apr 6, 2023 | No Comments
This week’s SGV Connect features a pair of interviews with former Pasadena Mayor Rick Cole and San Gabriel Valley Conservation Corps (SGVCC) Director Norma Quinones.
Some of the shops along Coast Highway in Oceanside. Image: cultivar413/Flickr

Oceanside Planning Major Changes to Coast Highway

By Damien Newton | Jan 30, 2023 | No Comments
“This is a solution for that,” Oceanside resident Joan Bockman told the San-Diego-Union Tribune. “We want it to stop being I-5 west.”
Image via Electric Motor Engineering licensed via Creative Commons 4.0

Streetsblog Interview : UCLA Researchers Who Examined the Systemic Impact of Autonomous Vehicles

By Damien Newton | Jan 26, 2023 | No Comments
"But we see VMT increase in the L.A. network based on our modeling...There are a lot of benefits that CAVs bring to us, but with these benefits we also propose some kind of transportation demand management strategies to curb that increase in VMT."

CalBike Offers Update on Status of E-Bike Rebate Program

By Damien Newton | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments
Here's a quick spoiler: there is still no date announced on when the program will begin.

More Electric Bus Chargers Come Online in Southern California

By Damien Newton | Jan 18, 2023 | No Comments
Recent electric bus success stories from Anaheim and the L.A. Unified School District
We're so close to our goal!

Support Streetsblog California

By Damien Newton | Dec 19, 2022 | No Comments
For nearly a decade, Streetsblog California has been a loud and consistent voice for more transportation options, equitable transportation spending and policy, and a defender of California’s communities. To continue championing safer streets for all we need your help. Please consider donating to support the work of Streetsblog today. You can donate or set up […]
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California Makes Strides, Pledges Funds, to Eliminate Diesel Truck Fleet

By Damien Newton | Nov 30, 2022 | No Comments
Industry leaders are concerned state lacks infrastructure to meet this goal
Updated totals as of 12/19/2022. We're a little behind our pace, but still making progress!

Please Consider Supporting Streetsblog California During Our Annual Fundraising Drive!

By Damien Newton | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments
For nearly a decade, Streetsblog California has been a loud and consistent voice for more transportation options, equitable transportation spending and policy, and a defender of California’s communities. And to continue doing that, we’re going to need your help. If you want to help Streetsblog be an even more effective voice for a better California, […]
Image: California Bureau of Land Management, https://www.flickr.com/photos/blmcalifornia/33762932640
This post is supported by GJEL

Looking Ahead to Legislature’s December “Special Session” on Oil Profits

By Damien Newton | Nov 14, 2022 | No Comments
Governor Newsom claims that the oil industry has been increasing prices unfairly and blaming the surge in prices on inflation and environmental regulations even as it brought in record profits
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