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San Francisco Chronicle

SF hopes to build 250 affordable housing units for seniors near Laguna Honda

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: The Bay Area housing market has finally priced everyone out

San Francisco Chronicle

California needs to remove barriers to housing construction

San Francisco Chronicle

What landlords and tenants need to know about California's new rent-control law

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland's new housing towers: So-so on the skyline, but one soars on the street

East Bay Times

Fate of Concord Naval Weapons Station uncertain as council weighs in on struggle between labor, developer

East Bay Times

California granny flat frustration: lobbying, new laws and a long wait

East Bay Times

How many vacant houses are there really in the Bay Area?

East Bay Times

Pessimism seeping into Bay Area home market for 2020

Sacramento Bee

Make housing cheaper? Here’s how California lawmakers are getting started in 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

California's latest pollution push: Banning gas-powered mowers and blowers

California eyes climate bond to prepare for disasters

NPR

As California Tries To Make Contract Workers Employees, Industries Push Back

Mercury News

3 crashes, 3 deaths raise questions about Tesla’s Autopilot

Press Democrat

SMART ridership declined in 2nd year, but weekday use growing, newly obtained records show

San Francisco Examiner

End of an era: Market Street to go car free Jan. 29

Curbed SF

Starting January 29, Market Street will ban (most) cars downtown

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area will be nation’s coolest housing market in 2020, survey says

Mercury News

California projected to have nation’s weakest housing markets in 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown Berkeley high-rise opposed by residents will not move forward

Berkeleyside

Developer suddenly pulls the plug on 18-story Harold Way complex in Berkeley

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Petaluma eyes changes to granny-unit rules

Napa Valley Register

Fearing a housing mandate, Napa County turns down airport industrial area designation

San Francisco Examiner

SF agency seeks state law change to fund nearly 6K affordable housing units

Mercury News

Alameda to consider ending disposable plastic in restaurants

San Francisco Chronicle

Three years in, SF power program reaping cost, environmental benefits

San Francisco Chronicle

Slight chance of rain for Bay Area, temperatures to dip

Marin Independent Journal

Judge sides with Olema environmental group on sea turtle protections

Curbed SF

Bay Area earthquake guide: Where could the big one hit?

Associated Press

December storms gave California a promising snowpack

Cal Matters

New Year, new laws: Our video playlist will get you up-to-speed on 11 key 2020 laws in a minute

Mercury News

Adults need to know rules for new teen drivers: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

Bon Air Bridge north span opens to traffic

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: As decade begins, Marin should address key issues

San Diego Union Tribune

San Diego International Auto Show arrives with auto industry in flux

Mercury News

Builder sought to take over housing project in Alameda

Mercury News

From squatter to legal homeowner? In California, it’s possible

Mercury News

Controversial zoning reform bill is back and bracing for a fight

Cal Matters

California’s homelessness crisis – and possible solutions – explained

San Jose Inside

Raft of New Housing Laws Takes Effect This Year in California

Local News Matters

Report: North Bay Counties See Population Decline

San Francisco Chronicle

Herring fishing group can sue over a federal ban in S.F. Bay, appeals court says

Mercury News

Map: 3.9 earthquake near Morgan Hill, bigger one near Los Angeles

Mercury News

Walters: New year brings old issues to California

Berkeleyside

Coyotes are cavorting in Tilden Regional Park

KPIX

MTC: I-880 Express Lanes Between Milpitas, Oakland To Open In Summer 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

Driving a Tesla in the carpool lane: No longer just a perk for the rich

Mercury News

Why not build roads instead of forcing us into buses? Roadshow

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni, Caltrain and AC Transit offer free rides on New Year’s Eve

Berkeleyside

Remembering Marilyn Marjorie Moore Reynolds, a transportation planner and master gardener

Local News Matters

Oakland To Receive $2.8M In Tenant Protection Vouchers From HUD

San Francisco Chronicle

We need to float radical ideas to ease Bay Area’s homeless crisis

San Diego Union Tribune

New analysis shows San Diego housing construction remains weak despite incentives

Los Angeles Times

You can buy ‘cheap’ in L.A. But you won’t own your home and may oust a renter

San Francisco Chronicle

No rain expected, but clouds could mess with New Year’s Eve fireworks viewing

Mercury News

Waves up to 25 feet high to hit coast on New Year’s

San Francisco Chronicle

San Franciscans are getting older fast. NEXT Village helps them do it with dignity

Mercury News

2019 the deadliest year for San Jose pedestrians in decades

San Francisco Chronicle

BART sees fare sweeps as working, and they won’t end anytime soon

Mercury News

Why traffic is being slowed at one San Jose intersection: Roadshow

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