Note: My summers are largely for backpacking, so news will be sparse throughout.

Carnage

• Pedestrian dies of injuries after hit by pickup in Roseville (SacBee 2014-07-11)
• Bicyclist hit, killed; truck driver arrested in the incident (SacBee 2014-07-03)

Other

• Southeast Policy Area plan approved by Elk Grove council (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-11)
• Can’t keep track of all the downtown projects? Here’s a checklist (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-07-08)
• Capitol Corridor hope: 10 passenger trains a day between Roseville and Sacramento (SacBee 2014-07-08)
• Viewpoints: Sacramento County needs SouthEast Connector (SacBee 2014-07-08)
• Editorial: Nonprofit board makes sense to keep streetcar project on track (SacBee 2014-07-06)
• Final agreement clears way for 700 K Street development (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-30)

New lawsuit against arena asks for more community benefits (Sacramento Business Press 2014-06-27)
Elk Grove looking to develop multimodal station (Sacramento Business Press 2014-06-27)
Mixed-use project would add density to center of Folsom (Sacramento Business Press 2014-06-27)
Sacramento bike safety a factor in ridership (SacBee 2014-06-27)
Sac Valley Station renovations to get started late Summer (City of Sacramento 2014-06-24)

Carnage

• Man booked in hit-and-run death of Carmichael pedestrian (SacBee 2014-06-18)
• Hit-and-run driver kills bicyclist on 47th Avenue (SacBee 2014-06-17)
• Update: Teacher booked after midtown bicyclists are hit (SacBee 2013-06-15); West Sacramento teacher to be arraigned Tuesday in weekend road-rage incident (SacBee 2014-06-16)

Other

• As Fix50 repairs end, a summer of freeway work is ahead for Sacramento (SacBee 2014-06-18); Fix 50 nearly wrapped up six days ahead of schedule (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-19)
• I Street Bridge replacement on track for 2018 (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-18)
• Sacramento scores low for cities with high walkability (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-17)
• Folsom police recover $85,000 worth of stolen bikes after sting operation (SacBee 2014-06-16)

Development

• Another new Rancho Cordova housing project hopes for a university (Sacramento News & Review 2014-06-19)
• Central West Sacramento housing still looking to grow (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-18)
• Housing advocates, environmentalists consider Sacramento arena lawsuit (SacBee 2014-06-18)
• Behind the scenes, Cordova Hills moves ahead on multiple tracks (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-17); unicorn discovery announcement to follow
• What’s taking shape at Oak Park’s Broadway Triangle? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-16)

Other

• Walden sentenced to 25-to-life in fatal hit-and-run (SacBee 2014-06-13)
• Bait bike traps another, Sacramento police say (SacBee 2014-06-09)

Development

• Is Sacramento’s housing market ready to grow up? (SacBee 2014-06-15)
• New renderings reveal vision of Sacramento Commons project (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-13)
• 700 K lawsuit to be resolved soon; developer ready to move ahead (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-13)
• West Sacramento sees The Barn as major draw (SacBee 2014-06-13)
• Artsy senior project proposed to replace Clarion (SacBee 2014-06-14); Clarion site developer: Only senior housing ‘justified new construction’ (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-10)
• Viewpoints: Water projects bill shows what bipartisan cooperation can produce (SacBee 2014-06-11); Obama signs bill authorizing Natomas levee repairs (SacBee 2014-06-11); President Obama signs Natomas levee improvement legislation (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-10); Natomas could see new building boom once levee restrictions are lifted (SacBee 2014-06-09)
• Curtis Park residents petition to keep businesses local (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-09)
• Curtis Park Court tax credit issue resolved (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-10); Council vote could resolve tax credits issue for Curtis Park Village (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-10); City attorney: Tax credit issue can be resolved with Curtis Park, Sutterview projects (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-09)

Carnage

• Babysitter backs over toddler in Orangevale (SacBee 2014-06-04)

Development

• Midtown Clarion hotel to be razed for mixed-use, artsy senior housing (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-06)
• Teichert to begin $10M interchange, opening up Rocklin land for commercial development (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-06)
• Wal-Mart planning superstore in Sacramento’s Delta Shores project (SacBee 2014-06-06); Delta Shores lands Sacramento’s first Walmart Supercenter (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-06); talk about down-scale development!
• Council to address 700 K St. lawsuit tonight (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-05)
• Sacramento downtown railyard on verge of sale with cleanup deal (SacBee 2014-06-04); Tentative toxic-cleanup agreement paves way for downtown railyard site planning (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-05); Railyard developer Larry Kelley could take possession this summer (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-05)
• West Sacramento eyes another riverfront area for redevelopment (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-04)
• Could last undeveloped stretch of Antelope get 500 homes? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-04)
• Tax-credit dispute jeopardizes Curtis Park Village (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-04)
• Construction industry sounds alarm over school facility bond measure (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-06-03); developers having to pay their way instead of being subsidized by the rest of us – oh no!

Other

• Crude oil rail transports to run through Sacramento region (SacBee 2014-06-07)
• Editorial: Sacramento Regional Transit gets more serious about safety on trains (SacBee 2014-06-05)
• Sacramento Regional Transit to beef up security on light-rail trains (SacBee 2014-06-03)
• Parents, teachers push for safety improvements on stretch of Fruitridge Road (SacBee 2014-06-02)

Carnage

• Bicyclist critically injured in Roseville; motorist arrested (SacBee 2014-05-31)

Other

• More evidence that John Saca plans to revive his Metropolitan high-rise plan (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-30)
• Deal in works to salvage Sacramento’s stalled 700 K Street project (SacBee 2014-05-30); 700 K developer: ‘Project could start soon’ (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-30)
• Dan Walters: Users-pay system worked well for highways, should return (SacBee 2014-05-29)
• More housing planned for West Sac’s Washington neighborhood (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-29)
• Mogavero proposes new housing project on T Street (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-29)
• Some Sacramento commuters switch to light rail to avoid Fix50 traffic (SacBee 2014-05-28)
• Marcos Breton: McKinley Village critics stand in the way of smart growth (SacBee 2014-05-28)

• Is the long-mothballed Metropolitan high-rise project back? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-23)
• Are 15-person bikes the next big thing in Sacramento? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-23)
• Bike light maker Revolights lands $1M in funding round (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-20)
• Could railyard be site of UC Davis food campus? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-20)
• Traffic on K Street Mall leads to night closures (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-19)
• Homeownership in Sacramento plummets to lowest level in 40 years (SacBee 2014-05-12)
• Fewer people able to own homes in Sacramento County (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-12)

• Amgen Tour of California brings additional business downtown (Video) (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-11)
• El Dorado supervisor hopefuls debate future growth (SacBee 2014-05-10)
• Back-seat Driver: Turning freeways into ‘feeways’; Are toll roads ahead? (SacBee 2014-05-09)
• Kaiser’s weekly walking group returns to Capitol Mall (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-09)
• Why were all those bikes at the Capitol? (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-09)
• Rancho Cordova plans new Highway 50 interchange (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-09)
• After daughter’s death, Sacramento mother applauds new traffic light (SacBee 2014-05-09)
• Amgen Tour of California races boost local tourism (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-08)
• California 9th friendliest state for bicycling (SacBee 2014-05-06)
• Feds give Sacramento streetcar the green light (SacBee 2014-05-06);
• West Sac Mayor Cabaldon: Feds tell streetcar partners to apply for money (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-06)
• Competition heats up for former school district headquarters in midtown Sacramento (SacBee 2014-05-06); Another proposal surfaces for midtown school property (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-07)

Carnage

• Teen driver who allegedly ran down boy on bike is charged as an adult (Los Angeles Times 2014-04-30); Teenage girl accused of running down 10-year-old boy in road-rage incident (SacBee 2014-04-30); interestingly enough, this did not show up in the Sacramento Bee until 12 hours after it showed up in the LA Times; Teen suspected of running down boy will be tried as adult; accounts of incident differ (SacBee 2014-05-01)
• Roseville man in wheelchair dies after hit by SUV (SacBee 2014-04-28)
• Woman testifies about Carmichael hit-and-run that killed boyfriend, dogs (SacBee 2014-04-28)

Transportation

• Back-seat Driver: Why is the W-X freeway there? (SacBee 2014-05-01)
• 2014 Scott Road Bike & Walk Event (County of Sacramento 2014-04-29)
• Pothole problems? Sacramento County wants to hear from you (SacBee 2014-04-28)
• City Beat: Homeowners object to proposed trail along Sacramento River (SacBee 2014-04-28)

Development

• Redevelopment properties still in limbo (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-30)
• McKinley Village opponents considering options (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-05-02);
  Sacramento City Council approves McKinley Village plan (SacBee 2014-04-30); City Council backs McKinley Village after marathon debate (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-30); Sacramento City Council, residents debate McKinley Village plan (SacBee 2014-04-29)
• City wants action on 16th and N site (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-29)
• The Warren project underway with demolition (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-29)
• Competing proposal pitched for midtown school site (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-29)
• Mixed-use housing project considered for vacant midtown school site (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-28)
• Editorial: McKinley Village, while imperfect, is good for Sacramento (SacBee 2014-04-28)

Transportation

• New maps pinpoint neighborhood health risks (SacBee 2014-04-27); the article does not mention it, but transportation-related air and groundwater pollution are a significant contributor to poor EnviroScreen scores
• Elk Grove to open first walk-and-bike bridge over Highway 99 (SacBee 2014-04-25)
• Back-seat Driver: Road projects raise concerns in Roseville and Natomas (SacBee 2014-04-24)
• Davis, Sacramento make best cycling towns list (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-23)
• Energy Commission grants include $1.1M to UC Davis for transportation center (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-23)
• Bruce Maiman: Time to get smart about public transportation (SacBee 2014-04-22)

Fix 50

• Trains, bikes, carpools: Commuters find their way during Fix50 (SacBee 2014-04-25)
• Commuter, Caltrans adjustments lead to easier commute on 2nd day of Fix50 (SacBee 2014-04-23)
• Fix50 hits Yolo commuters hard (SacBee 2014-04-23)

Development

• New Deal: An example for today? (SacBee 2014-04-27)
• Large-lot homes planned for Elk Grove (Sacramento Business Journal 2014-04-25); this is just sick
• Upcoming Development Project to Bring 1500+ Jobs (County of Sacramento 2014-04-23)
• Editorial: North Franklin is on the rise, after years of downward spiral (SacBee 2014-04-23)
• Franklin Boulevard neighborhood leaders get innovative (Sacramento News & Review 2014-04-17)
• McKinley plan draws two crowds (SacBee 2014-04-22)
• City council should approve McKinley Village (Sacramento News & Review 2014-04-17)