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Good news is hard to come by today.

  • Tracking the Southern California fires (CalMatters)
  • 2024 was the hottest year ever (AP News)
  • Slave labor in the form of incarcerated firefighters is providing critical support in L.A. (CalMatters)
  • Border patrol raids Bakersfield businesses, arresting and harassing farmworkers and casual laborers (CalMatters)
  • Two new studies show no safety downsides to allowing bike riders to treat stop signs as yield signs (CalBike)
  • What to wear is no joke: Some automatic crash prevention systems in cars may not recognize high-vis clothing (Sacramento Bee)
  • Progress on California’s high-speed rail program (Railway Supply, Mass Transit)
  • Governor Newsom to release budget proposal today (CalMatters)
  • The Week in Short Videos
    by Damien Newton
    August 14, 2026
    Welcome songs, cameras, daylighting, Fresno County, and e-bikes/motos.
  • Friday’s Headlines
    by Damien Newton
    August 14, 2026
    So much confusion and delay.
  • Friday Video: How Red Curbs and Bike Racks Can Save Lives
    by The Editorial Team
    August 13, 2026
    What is daylighting, and how can cities use it to increase street safety?
  • Trump’s New ‘Roadway Safety Strategy’ Leaves Out The Good Parts
    by The Editorial Team
    August 13, 2026
    The Trump administration’s new blueprint for improving the nation’s poor road-safety record ignores well-established safety measures and leaves vulnerable road users completely out of the picture — a roadmap that advocates said would not change the ongoing road death crisis that is increasingly unique to the United States.
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