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SF Gate

Bart Sees Strong Start To 2026 With 4.6M January Trips, But Budget Crisis Persists

Local News Matters

SMART decision: North Bay voters to consider a 30-year extension for rail system sales tax

San Mateo Daily Journal

Millbrae requests BART station remain open

Mercury News

‘Like an Uber Share’ but public: South Bay city to bring low-cost, rideshare-style public transit service

KGO-TV

Traffic safety improvements made in Oakland's Chinatown to ensure safe routes to schools

San Jose Spotlight

Mountain View terminates license plate camera contract

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. leaders propose cutting city’s transfer tax to spur stalled housing projects

Mercury News

San Jose pilot program will convert nearly 200 units at downtown high-rise into housing for middle-income earners

SF Gate

Wealthy Bay Area town makes a charter bid to sidestep mandated housing

Mercury News

Lucid slashes hundreds of East Bay jobs as electric car maker fights red ink

Mercury News

Raley’s to close Antioch store and slash dozens of jobs

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito softens stance on ‘formula retail’

San Francisco Chronicle

Fog Tracker: San Francisco, Bay Area weather and visibility map

Local News Matters

Elephant seals at famed Año Nuevo colony test positive for highly infectious bird flu

Marin Independent Journal

Marin schools receive statewide environmental honors

San Francisco Chronicle

Why is BART still so loud? We answer your questions

San Francisco Chronicle

Clipper 2.0 was supposed to be an upgrade for Bay Area transit. Instead, it’s a ‘hot mess'

KQED

Ongoing Clipper 2.0 Issues Plague Bay Area Transit Agencies, Seniors and Low-Income Riders

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: MTC

The Oaklandside

OakDOT goes after tens of millions of dollars in road safety grants

Press Democrat

Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition appeals Santa Rosa Plaza drive lane project

Napa Valley Register

Aging in Napa Valley: CHP workshop aims to keep older drivers safe

Local News Matters

Marin City affordable housing site sparks fears of gentrification

San Francisco Chronicle

A former racetrack was a model of Bay Area development. 20 years later, it has 1,100 homes

Berkeleyside

Berkeley City Council approves housing developments that sidestep labor standards

Mercury News

Homes might sprout on South Bay site of closed Fry’s Electronics store

Mercury News

West Valley nonprofit receives $200,000 federal grant for roaming services van

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s iconic Transamerica Pyramid to be sold — for the second time in six years, report says

San Francisco Chronicle

Transamerica Pyramid sale could be turning point for S.F. real estate

Mercury News

Bay Area tech workers continue to lose jobs, but recovery may be in view

San Francisco Chronicle

A fourth major California wine company announces layoffs this year

Tiburon Ark

Town Hall, library could combine as joint hub for residents in emergencies

Knee Deep Times

Building Sustainably with Mass Timber

Knee Deep Times

Tools Tweak Beaver Dams

San Francisco Chronicle

BART found a fix for the problem that caused 34,000 delays in a year

San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s what led BART to close the Transbay Tube for hours

Smart Cities

California lends $590M to keep Bay Area transit running

Local News Matters

New app lets users report potholes, other nuisance in unincorporated Marin County

Local News Matters

Over $12M in federal funding headed to SF for housing, transit and safety projects

Islands

America's 5 Cities With The Most Confusing Public Transportation Systems, According To Visitors

Pacific Sun

Celebrating Tenacity: Canal Tenant Union Stood Firm for Years Until Landlord Yielded

Cal Matters

1 in 10 Cal State students face homelessness. This emergency housing program helps

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. closer to delaying controversial $300K sprinkler mandate for high-rise condos

Local News Matters

Housing tops priorities for Marin County budget amid federal, state uncertainties

Berkeleyside

Developers have found way to bypass Berkeley’s labor standards for housing construction

San Francisco Examiner

Labor groups, state take first steps toward unionizing Uber, Lyft drivers

San Francisco Chronicle

Kaiser nurses end historic strike, return to work Tuesday

Mercury News

Before-and-after: See how huge snow storms transformed the Sierra Nevada in just a few days

Knee Deep Times

The Gray-Green Alchemy of Baycrete

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area refinery to pay one of the largest penalties ever issued by regional air regulators

Mercury News

Bay Area transit agencies and riders face uncertain future if tax measure fails in November

San Francisco Standard

BART and Muni have a scheme to save themselves

San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans weighs spending on sales tax funds

San Francisco Chronicle

There’s been a huge surge in S.F. traffic tickets — and police aren’t the reason

San Francisco Examiner

Park opponents look to set Great Highway on road to November ballot

Marin Independent Journal

Marin cyclists revive push for Alto Tunnel restoration

Local News Matters

Bay Bridge artistic light installation coming back with ‘grand lighting’ event in March

Fresno Bee

High-Speed Rail board OKs up to $537M increase for Central Valley, Fresno-area construction

Impact Alpha

Building regional engines for affordable housing in California

San Francisco Chronicle

Boston is turning empty office buildings into 1,500 homes. Why can’t San Francisco?

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