Los Angeles Times: ‘This is the worst I have seen’: California’s roads are in dire shape, says former Caltrans director San Francisco Chronicle: Senators try to speed up deployment of self-driving cars Mercury News: VTA considers changing fares to combat projected deficit Mercury News: Google patents system to reduce injuries to pedestrians, cyclists when self-driving cars hit them Mercury […]
Continue ReadingThe New York Times: Oil Producers Comply With OPEC Deal to Cut Output, but for How Long? Bloomberg News: Tesla’s Electric Cars Arrive in the Home of Cheap Gas Portland Press Herald: Upset over PUC’s solar decision, LePage wishes regulators would resign Bloomberg News: For the First Time, Wind on the Plains Supplied More Than Half Region’s Power Morning […]
Continue ReadingNew York Times: In Shadow of California Dam, Water Turns From Wish to Woe Los Angeles Times: More rain in forecast as workers struggle to lower water level at Oroville Dam San Francisco Chronicle: Series of storms to make trouble for Lake Oroville ABC News: Acting head of California water agency says he’s ‘not sure anything … Sacramento Bee: Drone […]
Continue ReadingSacramento Bee: BREAKING: No word when evacuation order for 188000 will be lifted as Oroville threat remains CNN: California towns flee as Oroville Dam threatens to release ‘wall of water’ Associated Press: California dam water level drops after massive evacuation Reuters: Crews work to seal California spillway that forced evacuations National Geographic: Huge Sinkhole Opens at Highest Dam in the […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: In demand but increasingly swamped, Highway 37 has no easy fixes San Francisco Chronicle: State must get rolling on transportation bills San Francisco Chronicle: High-speed rail taking shape even as opponents seek to kill it San Francisco Chronicle: Caltrain’s electrification project deserves its promised funding San Francisco Chronicle: BART has plenty of staffers at station with no […]
Continue ReadingBloomberg News: Saudi Arabia Tells OPEC It Cut Oil Output by Most in Eight Years CNBC: Oil demand set to outperform 10-year average in 2017 Financial Times: Oil and gas discoveries dry up to lowest total for 60 years Financial Times: Nordea bans investment in Dakota Access oil pipeline Parkersburg News and Sentinel: $4.3B Rover Pipeline approved The Associated Press: Utility […]
Continue ReadingThis past week, BPC staff was invited to attend an Abandoned Vessels Work Group meeting at the California State Lands Commission offices in Hercules. The meeting was attended by officials from numerous federal, state, and local agencies including the U.S. Coast Guard, Contra Costa County Office of the Sheriff, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Trump’s populist revolt could put the brakes on self-driving cars San Francisco Chronicle: BART’s solution to packed trains: Tear out some seats East Bay Times: Oakland mulls how to handle trove of data on its drivers East Bay Times: New Dublin BART parking garage put on hold Mercury News: Los Gatos en route on bicycle, pedestrian plan […]
Continue ReadingThe Hill: Trump: We spent $6T in Middle East and didn’t even get a ‘tiny oil well’ Financial Times: Total proposes raising dividend for first time since 2014 The Wall Street Journal: Occidental Petroleum Increases Production Sequentially Indianapolis Business Journal: Governor names Atterholt chief utility regulator The Associated Press: Fitzgerald says he wants to look at ending utility tax The […]
Continue ReadingSan Francisco Chronicle: Speeders beware: Legislation would allow automation crackdown San Francisco Chronicle: German carmakers invest in surfing a digital wave San Francisco Chronicle: Otto’s robot trucks face questions about legality in California Mercury News: BART: should it remove some seats to add standing room? Mercury News: Editorial: Kevin McCarthy should support grant for Caltrain electrification Mercury News: Roadshow: Those Highway […]
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