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Mercury News

Why ‘Watch out for pedestrians’ warning signs on freeway have merit: Roadshow

Cal Matters

Electric car mandate: California air board questions cost, practicality

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose transit workers raise alarm over spitting and assaults

Intelligent Transport

SamTrans to purchase zero-emission buses

Bloomberg

When Cities Made Monuments to Traffic Deaths

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown S.F. on the brink: It’s worse than it looks

SF Gate

A fight over affordable housing in the Bay Area may tank the Oakland A’s Howard Terminal ballpark

Napa Valley Register

Plan to turn Napa vineyard into industrial land generates dispute

San Francisco Chronicle

The YIGBYs are back: Push to let churches build affordable housing on their land revived in California

SF Gate

Microplastics found in freshly fallen Antarctic snow for the first time

SF Gate

Bay Area weather service warns of dangerous heat on Friday: How hot will it get?

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Smart meters a key tool in conserving water

Bloomberg

To Get to Net Zero, This City Is Making a Map

Mercury News

$184 million in unpaid bridge tolls? Scores of Bay Area drivers face DMV liens under renewed crackdown

NBC Bay Area

Bay Area Agency to Collect Unpaid Bridge Tolls and Fees Totaling $180 Million

San Francisco Chronicle

BART rides will be half off in September, celebrating the transit agency’s 50th anniversary

Mercury News

Here’s why the Highway 17 median barriers are so short: Roadshow

SF Gate

Major delay hits entire BART system after computer failure

San Francisco Examiner

Are Cruise's self-driving cars ready for prime time

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain fires likely caused by mechanical issue

Mercury News

Downtown San Jose housing tower is still eyed despite VTA seizure plan

SF Gate

Jump in Mortgage Rates Could Add $100,000 to Housing Costs

Berkeleyside

With 26 stories, McDonald’s corner could one day have Berkeley’s tallest building

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area cities have spent millions cleaning up their stormwater. With controversial new guidelines, state regulators say the job isn’t finished

San Francisco Chronicle

Single-use plastic items to be banned from national parks, public lands

Associated Press

PG&E pledges net-zero emissions by 2040, will keep using gas

KPIX

Bay Area visitors urged to use phones to pay for transit amid Clipper card shortage

KRON

$3 fee for new Clipper card waived if customers go mobile

SF Gate

Today’s news roundup: New Clipper card customers can have a $3 fee waived if they go with the mobile card option on their phones

San Francisco Chronicle

Prop A too close to call, would bring San Francisco $400 million in transportation funding

Mercury News

California gets high marks as bicycle-friendly state despite rise in rider deaths: Roadshow

Sacramento Bee

Trains every 12 minutes through Altamont? Project easing Valley commute takes key

Mercury News

Google pushes closer to downtown San Jose transit village launch

Cal Matters

State imposes sweeping ban on pumping river water in San Joaquin Valley, Bay Area

Napa Valley Register

Napa still an option for Highway 37 route

San Francisco Examiner

City to give free e-bikes to delivery workers

Local News Matters

Muni to resume 3 bus routes for first time since pandemic began

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: Caltrain, MDOT MTA, Metrolinx, Valley Link

Mercury News

Roadshow: Should drivers stay or should they go on flashing red lights

Car Connection

What is the most affordable electric car?

Mercury News

VTA aims to grab key site ahead of downtown San Jose BART project

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma Planning Commission approves 15-unit housing plan, despite misgivings

Berkeleyside

To boost affordable housing, Berkeley looks to buy, not just build

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland law requiring landlords to pay evicted tenants’ relocation expenses survives Supreme Court review

Washington Post

Ship pollution is rising as the U.S. waits for world leaders to act

NBC Bay Area

Filipino-Japanese Cable Car Gripman Has a Grip on San Francisco's History

San Francisco Chronicle

The Bay Bridge opens in 1936

San Francisco Examiner

A historian reflects on San Francisco's transportation system

Mercury News

Here’s why to stay inside your vehicle when tow truck is on the way: Roadshow

Local News Matters

Dodd bill to turn Highway 37 into toll road clears state Senate, moves to Assembly

Vallejo Times-Herald

Roundtable being held Monday to discuss Highway 37

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose transit board fights bill that would reorganize leadership

San Jose Inside

VTA Board Gives New Bus Operators Big Boost in Pay

Next City

Are Elected Boards the Ticket to Better Transit?

San Francisco Chronicle

Home prices are still skyrocketing in most migration hotspots – but not in this California city

Mercury News

Bay Area home prices go up again, but experts say a cooldown is coming

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: $1.2M shows Marin taking greater responsibility for Golden Gate Village

Berkeleyside

To boost affordable housing, Berkeley looks to buy, not just build

New York Times

Twilight of the NIMBY

SF Gate

Mount Tamalpais receives nearly 3 inches of rain

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