BART's first employee, former General Manager B.R. (Bill) Stokes, dies at 89 - ContraCostaTimes.com

BART's first employee, former General Manager B.R. (Bill) Stokes, dies at 89 - ContraCostaTimes.com: "oakland -- B.R. (Bill) Stokes, the former BART general manager who is credited with propelling the financing, construction and operation of the transportation district from its origins in 1958 to 1974, died May 15 in Sammamish, Wash. He was 89."

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Jerry Brown blames climate change for state's early fire season - latimes.com

Jerry Brown blames climate change for state's early fire season - latimes.com: "SACRAMENTO -- Gov. Jerry Brown put the state’s early wildfire season in global terms Monday, saying the state would have to grow accustomed to more forest fires as a consequence of climate change."

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Cars kill. Why try to mitigate it with design? Get rid of the cars.

A wooden cross at the intersection of Clayton Road and Barbis Way in Concord memorializes the death of Jose Flores Miguel. (Adithya Sambamurthy/Center for Investigative Reporting)
KQED News Fix: "Investigators concluded that the pedestrian was at fault for walking on a “don’t walk” signal, but it is unclear if the signal changed too quickly that day because authorities don’t make full collision reports available in cases in which no charges are filed or arrests are made."