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Day Around The Bay: Banning Cars On Powell Street Is Meant To Save Cable Car Cables

Published Oct 12, 2015 · 10:45 AM PDT / Updated Dec 29, 2018 · 7:58 PM PST


  • Just like a tech startup, a Marin County elementary school switches to all standing desks. [CBS 5]
  • A road-rage incident in the Tenderloin on Thursday, stemming from a fender bender, led to a 56-year-old man being knocked out and left with life-threatening injuries. [Chron]
  • Governor Brown has officially issued a ban on any school team names using the term "redskins." [Fox Sports]
  • It's being argued that a ban on vehicular traffic on Powell Street is necessary because increased traffic leads to the cable cars making more frequent stops, which in turn is causing more fraying on the under-street cables themselves, which could lead to safety problems. [Examiner]
  • A call for actors for a new Yes on F ad, sponsored in part by a local union, called for non-union actors. Whoops. [Chron - second item]
  • Park Station cops are still specifically targeting cyclists, and Quentin Mecke is asking all riders to take a stand. [Medium]
  • "Superstar astronomer" Geoff Marcy has apparently had a decade of sexual harassment claims against him that UC Berkeley now says are all credible. [The Atlantic]
  • Surprise!: Salt Lake may get a Harvey Milk Street. [KRON 4]

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