Today’s Headlines – Streetsblog California

Happy Holidays, Streetsblog readers. We’re taking a break, but will keep an eye on California goings-on for you.

The U.S. wasn’t equipped for this year’s bike boom, because planners ignored bikes for a century (Business Insider)
What is the future of remote work and traffic? (Mercury News)
The story of Ron Diridon, the “father” of the Silicon Valley’s transit system (San Jose Spotlight)
Some new traffic laws taking effect in the new year (Tahoe Daily Tribune)
California is not hemorrhaging people (LA Times)
Southern California’s bad air is getting worse, and things have to change – including warehousing industry (LA Times)
Kids lead the effort to clean up trash (San Mateo Daily Journal)
That’s the way the cookie crumbles: San Francisco’s “mysterious” gingerbread monolith is gone (Sacramento Bee)