Pleasanton residents coming out of BART station and taking a left on Owens Drive have to face traffic bottlenecks and safety issues every day, as an existing busy 3-lane road was suddenly made one lane. The additional two lanes were given to a builder, so he could make parking for his condo customers. We want to rollback this encroachment of a public road and get back our 3 lanes on Owens Drive.

Every school day, my neighborhood is filled with kids walking to and from David Douglas High School, and every day I worry about their safety. Why? There have been at least 30 traffic deaths in Portland this year. Among those was a teenage boy that was struck and killed crossing the street in Northeast Portland in August. Just a week earlier, a teenage girl was killed by a speeding motorist while crossing SE Hawthorne. It’s important to talk to our children about awareness and safety – but it’s also time for real action to make our streets safe for all. The City of Portland adopted Vision Zero, which aims to move our transportation system toward zero traffic-related fatalities and injuries over the next ten years. However, East Portland still has considerably fewer sidewalks and bike lanes than the rest of the city. We need to do more than talk about safe streets – we need to invest in accessible, safe pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure. We can save lives.

Let's think ahead about the common good.

Takoma Park holds a special place in the hearts of her residents. No doubt many people's ashes have already been scattered around the city, surreptitiously and anonymously. A small garden in an appropriate spot would give residents a place to come and reflect and remember departed family, friends or neighbors. We are asking the city to provide the land and routine maintenance. The cost of memorial structures will be raised through grants, contributions, and individual fund-raising campaigns. For more information - http://takomascatter.com

All animals have a special place in my heart.

For many individuals and families, supportive housing helps them make the right choices toward a positive future. However, for homeless young adults with an HIV or AIDS diagnosis, it too often can mean the ultimate difference—that between life or death.

This petition is to stop the falsified data that is being collected at each and every VA facility. The care veterans receive is still not satisfactory, and many veterans are still suffering from delayed care, timelines of care, and denied care. By signing this petition will help Top VA leaders understand they cannot continue to provide veterans with falsified data reports.

My grandchildren are caught up in the system due to my son's addiction. I'm not allowed to have them or even openly communicate, although we've always had an ongoing long term established relationship. Due to my past of addiction that created it's horrible havoc in my life and unfortunately my children's. I have over 2 decades of sobriety and recovery. I got my own children back and out of this broken system but many years later the same sadness affects our life with my grandchildren!! This is horrible and unhealthy for me and many others like me, but more than that the children who don't have a choice even when they speak up. Let's change laws to better lives with love not bureaucracy !!

I want to ensure we, as a community, are doing everything we can to stop the post office from being closed. Please consider sending personal letters to Sen. Orrin Hatch, Sen. Mike Lee and Rep. Chris Stewart. Thanks you for your signature and support. Sincerely, Karl Nielson, Leamington Mayor

The residents of Sunset Ave in Verona, NJ, from Bloomfield Ave to Brookdale Ave request that the town replace and add new speed bumps on the newly paved road, citing high volume of traffic at a high rate of speed and the numerous school-aged children living and playing on Sunset Ave. The road previously had speed bumps that subjectively kept some of the through-traffic speed down and were friendly reminders for the local traffic to keep their speed down. Recently many of us have had close calls pulling into and out of our driveways and believe the speed of through traffic has increased. The residents to the west of Mt Prospect Ave request speed bumps due to the high traffic and significant amount of school-aged children walking to and from Brookdale Ave Elementary School. The residents to the east of Mt Prospect Ave request the old speed bumps be replaced since the town removed them when the road was repaved.

My older brother Manny and 30 other seriously injured patients in a sub-acute unit will be suddenly displaced, within unreasonable time, from the CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, to cater to the new residents in the new "renovating" area in Downtown Los Angeles. These are the most vulnerable patients in the entire hospital, and their lives depend on professional care. As family members, we do our very best every day to help our loved one heal and recover. There are currently no other reliable sub-acute facilities properly equipped in the city or state to take our loved ones in their current condition. Please help us stop this unit from closing down. Hospitals' profit should not come before patients.

MCTS has set an abrupt ELIMINATION OF ROUTE date of Saturday, August 27, 2016. Let us make sure we register support for our brothers and sisters who are about to have Route 279 pulled without due process.