News summary 2017-05-14

Restaurants and lofts have enlivened this corridor. A state parking garage may come next. (SacBee 2017-05-12); I thought the headline was facetious, but it is not; I can think of no better way to kill off an enlivened area than more parking garages and more state buildings
California’s self-driving cars are rolling – and sometimes crashing (SacBee 2017-05-12)
Who is to blame for ‘the worst block of downtown’ Sacramento? (SacBee 2017-05-12)
Regional Transit Ridership Drops After Rate Hikes, But Revenue Up (CBS Sacramento 2017-05-11)
Driving to Lake Tahoe? Planners hope you’ll take the bus instead. (SacBee 2017-05-10)
We know how to keep pit bulls on a leash, but homeless campers aren’t going to like it (SacBee 2017-05-09)
Phase-out of Shell tank farm latest step in changing West Sacramento riverfront (SacBee 2017-05-09)

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