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Cal Matters

California passed a law to curb spikes in gas prices. Why isn’t it using those powers now?

SF Gate

Home prices are so high in Calif. investors are gobbling up single family homes

The Oaklandside

How could Oakland raise billions in revenue? New report suggests removing freeways

Richmond Standard

Hercules boosts local business with new grants and gift card bonuses

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area heat wave is about to get dramatically worse. Here is a timeline

San Francisco Chronicle

California’s ‘unprecedented’ snowmelt will only get worse from heat wave

Mercury News

Bird flu outbreak on San Mateo coast spreads to sea otters and sea lions, researchers say

Local News Matters

Bird flu kills more elephant seals, other marine mammals at Año Nuevo State Park

KQED

Campaign to Save Muni Pauses Temporarily After Petition Issue

San Mateo Daily Journal

Express lane data confirms violation concerns

San Francisco Chronicle

What if gas hits $10 a gallon? Many Bay Area commuters say they’d keep driving anyway

San Francisco Examiner

Bay Bridge lights are returning — and businesses are beaming

Palo Alto Online

East Palo Alto looks to create ‘grand corridor’ on University Avenue

Napa Valley Register

Napa County makes plans for better rural roads

Mercury News

Silicon Valley self-driving startup Nuro begins testing in Tokyo

Mercury News

This wealthy, ‘pro-housing’ South Bay city is falling behind on its housing goals – so is the rest of the Bay Area

East Bay Times

Denser housing planned for more affluent parts of this East Bay city

Press Democrat

157-acre vineyard outside American Canyon again eyed for development

San Jose Spotlight

State grant opens door to housing for South Bay farmworkers

Mercury News

Inflation slows in Bay Area, but food prices keep climbing

Mercury News

San Jose bet its future on a Google megacampus downtown. Now the land sits mostly empty.

KQED

Oakley Drops Data Center Plans, Approves Massive Industrial Project

Local News Matters

Data centers ditched from industrial project Oakley council approves for former vineyard

Mercury News

Temps to begin climb as a summer-like heat wave prepares to bake the Bay Area

KQED

How Can I Cross the Bay When BART Is Down?

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Francisco International Airport’s AirTrain workers on strike

Press Democrat

Drivers warned to prepare for delays as work gets underway on Sonoma Avenue near Montgomery Village

San Francisco Chronicle

Gas prices are soaring. How much will a renewed California climate policy add to costs?

Vallejo Times-Herald

Gas prices soar in Solano, across the region

KQED

San Francisco Moves to Expand Curbside Electric Vehicle Charging

Mercury News

Uber strikes deal with Amazon’s Zoox to offer robotaxi rides

Bloomberg

The US Is Counting Traffic Deaths Wrong

Cal Matters

Report: California needs 1 million more affordable homes

San Francisco Chronicle

This Safeway on S.F. Peninsula is next up for a big housing project by Align Real Estate

Berkeleyside

Two Berkeley affordable housing projects get $15M from county

Local News Matters

Development agreement approved for former Coast Guard buildings in Point Reyes

Marin Independent Journal

Novato reports ‘slow year’ for new housing permits

Mercury News

Will soaring oil prices derail California’s wobbly economy?

Vacaville Reporter

Bay Area mustard bloom tells a bigger story

New York Times

The Bay Area Considers the Unthinkable: Life Without BART

San Francisco Standard

‘A big part of my life’: BART riders face higher costs, worse commutes if stations close

KGO-TV

Caltrain wheeling back enforcement of bike restrictions after pushback from community

Local News Matters

SamTrans buses getting safety cameras powered by AI

San Mateo Daily Journal

New details on a potential 101/92 connector project in San Mateo

Mercury News

Could California pause the gas tax or start charging drivers fees based on mileage?

Mercury News

How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond

San Francisco Chronicle

First look at plans to turn S.F. railyard into high-rise neighborhood with thousands of homes

Mercury News

Will blocked views and denser housing rattle one of Oakland’s priciest neighborhoods?

Richmond Standard

New affordable housing opens at Legacy Court in North Richmond

Local News Matters

Bay Area’s next 25 years: Remote work, sea level rise here to stay, planning forecast says

San Francisco Examiner

How a team of ecologists keeps the Presidio beautiful

Mercury News

Open space tax measure to appear on June ballot in Santa Clara County

Vallejo Times-Herald

Vallejo Sea Level Rising Tour explores waterfront, community engagement

Marin Independent Journal

Lagunitas Creek salmon habitat project gets $1.1M grant

Contra Costa Herald

MTC: Final Plan Bay Area 2050+ and Final EIR Now Available

San Francisco Chronicle

Caltrain may ban bikes with child seats. Parents say it could upend their commutes

SF Gate

Bay Area city pays people to bike to work

San Francisco Chronicle

Marin could get a Transbay-style transit hub in this city’s downtown

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael Transit Center plan gets $25.6M federal grant

San Mateo Daily Journal

Early stage of express lane project extended

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