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County supes approve new term sheet for sale of Oakland Coliseum property

Gilroy Dispatch

Amazon to host open house on Gilroy data center project

KPIX

Petaluma's Mulch Madness program helps homeowners ditch water-hogging lawns for drought-tolerant gardens

Marin Independent Journal

Marin County to get long-sought King Mountain property

Marin Independent Journal

Hamilton residents sought for board on contamination cleanup

SF Gate

Something big is happening to SF's Sutro Tower

Local News Matters

Santa Clara County offers bike safety classes instead of fines for youths as collisions rise

Patch

A Retired BART Car Is Being Turned Into A Pizza Shop In The East Bay

San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo is rolling out a robotaxi built for bad weather. Tahoe looms ahead

San Francisco Standard

Waymo’s new blue car is launching, but you can’t ride in it just yet

Mercury News

What’s required when renewing your California driver’s license if you’re over 70?

Local News Matters

Concord reaches milestone agreement to transform former naval weapons station

Mercury News

Massive housing development plans for Concord Naval Weapons Station clears latest hurdle

San Mateo Daily Journal

Affordable housing proposed as tallest building in San Carlos: MidPen Housing presents 100% affordable housing development proposal to council

Vallejo Times-Herald

Council approves North Vallejo housing development changes

Vacaville Reporter

Suisun City Council sells properties to California Forever

San Francisco Chronicle

Renting in S.F. comes with surprise fees. A new law would force landlords to show them

San Francisco Chronicle

Exploring the Bay Area is my job. Here’s the affordable, under-the-radar city I’d move to in a second

San Francisco Examiner

Mayor’s team touts nearly $100 million saved from hiring slowdown

Mercury News

Bay Area rain lingers longer than expected, but sun is coming

Napa Valley Register

Land Trust of Napa County readies for the next 50 years

Local News Matters

Imminent changes to state climate policy could favor oil and gas industry

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area transit sales-tax measure hits critical milestone

San Jose Spotlight

Will Bay Area transit tax measure qualify for November ballot?

The Oaklandside

My daughter needed a liver transplant to save her life. BART is key to her ongoing care

SF Gate

Caltrain to run midnight train on a weekday next month for World Cup

New York Times

Blind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding Alone

The Oaklandside

Oakland speed cameras: 82,000 fines in 40 days

Marin Independent Journal

Tiburon to explore AI traffic signals

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael approves $1.8M for Canal bridge design, study

San Jose Spotlight

Palo Alto poised to restore crossing guard funding after public uproar

Bloomberg

New York City’s Hottest Transit Mode Is a Boat

Mercury News

San Jose launches workforce housing effort at downtown housing tower

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco faces a budget crisis. Its homelessness fund is flush with cash

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael weighs park impact fees for new developments

Mercury News

Economic stunner: California up 128,600 jobs in a year. Rest of US? 11,700

San Francisco Chronicle

Meta lays off nearly 700 Bay Area workers, and twice as many in Seattle area

Mercury News

Meta plans to cut more than 600 Bay Area jobs; NetApp will eliminate dozens

San Francisco Chronicle

Wine Country officials race to find Costco plants carrying invasive pest

Gilroy Dispatch

City of Gilroy seeks community input on ‘Blue Skies’

Knee Deep Times

Could Avocados Be A Transformational Fruit for the Bay Region?

Knee Deep Times

Saving Two Marshes From the Squeeze

Mercury News

Tax to bail out struggling Bay Area transit agencies appears headed to voters

San Francisco Standard

You will be voting to save BART, Muni in November

KQED

Bay Area Transit Agencies Saved $1 Billion Since 2020. Can They Sustain Those Savings?

Local News Matters

Keeping Bay Area public transit on track, MTC review finds agencies cut $1B in costs

San Francisco Chronicle

California cap-and-trade overhaul could slash funding for transit, housing and fire prevention

KQED

East Bay Residents Push Back as Caltrans Studies Lifting I-580 Truck Ban

San Francisco Chronicle

Tech buses were once ubiquitous on S.F. streets. Here’s how frequency has changed

San Francisco Chronicle

Plan to build more than 12,000 homes in this Bay Area community faces crucial vote

Mercury News

Affordable homes project near San Jose BART station gets boost from real estate deal

Berkeleyside

5 cohousing projects in the works in Berkeley

Local News Matters

East Palo Alto celebrates grand opening of 136 affordable homes at Colibri Common

Mercury News

Sonoma County airport sees early evidence for record year

San Francisco Standard

SF nonprofits brace for 1,000 layoffs as Lurie eyes millions in budget cuts

San Francisco Examiner

City plans future redevelopment of former naval shipyard

Mercury News

It’s harbor seal pup season in the Bay Area. Here’s how to be a good neighbor

SF Gate

6 Bay Area beaches land on California's worst beaches list

San Francisco Chronicle

Their meteoric rise reshaped the Bay Area and powered Silicon Valley. Is it at an end

Governing

Public Transit’s Pandemic Woes Persist

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