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AC Transit implements tap-to-pay and free local transfers

Vacaville Reporter

Wilson hosts Transportation Town Hall

Gilroy Dispatch

Grant brings Poppy Jasper scavenger hunt to public transit

Cal Matters

40,000 people died on California roads. State leaders looked away

Reuters

Judge rejects Trump administration bid to toss California high-speed rail suit

Mercury News

California transit agency apologizes, promises to change policy after ICE recruitment ad seen on bus

San Francisco Chronicle

State Supreme Court rejects California city’s long fight to avoid building housing

San Francisco Standard

Long-vacant Mission lot to get a Dorito-shaped apartment building

Marin Independent Journal

Marin supervisors back $74M debt guarantor plan for housing

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito will use planning software to protect views

San Francisco Chronicle

Sam Altman says he can’t imagine raising a newborn without ChatGPT — and the internet is disappointed

NBC Bay Area

Palo Alto begins horizontal levee construction project

SF Gate

Palo Alto: Milestone Reached On Construction Of Water-Cleaning Levee

Knee Deep Times

Learning the Art of Burning to Prevent Wildfire

Knee Deep Times

Weaving Fire Protection Out Of What’s Already There

Knee Deep Times

Fall Plantings Build Pollinator Habitats in Concord

Knee Deep Times

Newark Needs Housing, But Could Shoreline Serve A Higher Purpose?

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Sausalito sea-level plan needs to work for all

Local News Matters

Bay Area transit agencies roll out next-gen Clipper cards for smoother, cheaper rides

Mercury News

Transit agencies across Bay Area to begin accepting credit, debit cards

KTVU

Bay Area transit agencies roll out 'Next Generation' Clipper cards

KGO-TV

Credit card payments begin for Bay Area transit agencies; transfer changes for Clipper Card users

Berkeleyside

Credit card payments begin for Bay Area transit agencies; transfer changes for Clipper Card users

Berkeleyside

Clipper cards get big upgrade, with cheaper transfers and AC Transit riders able to just tap their credit cards

Mercury News

For a transit agency on the brink, BART disruptions hit at perilous time

Mercury News

San Jose Transit Bowl: Who will win a three-way race to Levi’s Stadium?

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni tax: Some Boomer homeowners get exemptions. But what about Gen Z renters?

KQED

San Francisco Passed a New Zoning Plan. How Will It Change the City?

San Francisco Examiner

Lurie housing plan passes amid threats of lawsuits from different sides

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. housing nonprofit fund hits $100 million, promising faster and cheaper affordable homes

San Francisco Chronicle

Home insurance costs are up 150% in one part of California. This map shows premiums by county

Press Democrat

Revived plans for development surrounding Santa Rosa’s historic Carrillo Adobe to get first public look

Marin Independent Journal

Marin builder proposes homes at Stinson Beach Post Office site

San Francisco Chronicle

Another retailer to close shop at S.F.’s biggest mall

Mercury News

Blighted San Jose bus station site lands financing after owner buys it

Mercury News

Intel trims more South Bay jobs as chip maker seeks to steady the ship

Mercury News

How a group tracking sounds beneath Bay Area waters hopes to protect whales from shipping lanes

NBC Bay Area

UC Berkeley offers tech to United Nations to fight global pollution

KPIX

Years-long restoration of Mountain View salt pond nears completion

San Francisco Examiner

What Clipper Card 'tap and go' transition means for SF transit

San Francisco Standard

Want to save Muni? Here’s how much you’ll have to pay in taxes

San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo traffic jam goes viral: Robotaxis butt heads on dead-end S.F. street

The Oaklandside

Oakland receives $800k grant to boost e-bike program

SF Gate

End of an era approaching for Bay Area ferry service

KGO-TV

South Bay BART extension picking up steam with massive underground tunnel construction

KTVU

Bay Area bridge tolls rising January 1

San Francisco Chronicle

California law turned a four-story site into a 25-story tower. S.F. is scrambling to catch up

San Francisco Chronicle

The race to succeed Nancy Pelosi is now a proxy battle for S.F. housing politics

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. promised to crack down on RVs a month ago. Here’s how it’s going

The Oaklandside

Getting a permit to build in Oakland has been hellish. Will sweeping new reforms work?

Local News Matters

Menlo Park measure limiting housing on downtown parking lots heads to next year’s ballot

Fairfield Daily Republic

Critic of Suisun City expansion calls on LAFCO to force exhaustive planning

Mercury News

California home prices won’t crash or soar in 2026, Zillow says

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. business tax revenue could jump 11% with tech boom — but city deficit may still hit $1 billion

San Francisco Chronicle

Here are the wealthy donors behind downtown S.F.’s revitalization fund

Mercury News

Foreclosure of East Bay office hub shows plunging property values

San Francisco Chronicle

Cascadia mega-fault expert spells out earthquake link to Bay Area

Press Democrat

Coho salmon found in Sonoma Coast creek for first time in 60 years

NBC Bay Area

What to know about attribution science

San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s what the Muni parcel tax would cost S.F.’s homeowners

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