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San Francisco Chronicle

Rain soaks Bay Area overnight with cold snap on the way

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: Climate change is coming for California’s pensions

Mercury News

Should you fly or drive over the holidays? Neither is great for the planet

Marin Independent Journal

Marin’s marginalized communities drawn into climate change action plan

San Francisco Examiner

SF Fire Department expects maiden voyage of drone next year

Future Crunch

99 good news stories you probably didn’t hear about in 2019

Press Democrat

23 new laws that take effect in January 2020

City Lab

Why Kansas City’s Free Transit Experiment Matters

Mercury News

BART elects new president, vice president

San Francisco Chronicle

Nearly half of BART fare citations go to black riders, but police say system prevents profiling

Mercury News

How to keep rats out of car? Dryer sheets, mothballs, cats: Roadshow

Mercury News

Opinion: Bay Area must combat dangerous effects of airport noise

Marin Independent Journal

State allots $1.4 million for Highway 37 flood protection, wetland restoration

Marin Independent Journal

Marin water district adopts rate, fee cuts for in-law units

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s homeless population is more visible than ever. Is it bigger?

Mercury News

Big Sunnyvale site near Apple mystery buildings is bought

Mercury News

Caltrain board to consider affordability requirement for housing near transit

Curbed SF

SF had a renaissance in homeless aid this decade—and it barely mattered

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: SF supervisors can’t stop voting against housing

Curbed SF

Dramatic, elliptical 14-story building set for SoMa

Los Angeles Times

Southern California’s housing market is heating up. Median price rises 5.6%

San Diego Union Tribune

San Diego median home price hits all-time high of $594K

San Francisco Chronicle

Where Did All the Tech Millionaires Go? San Francisco Faces the IPO Fizzle

San Francisco Chronicle

Stormy weather in the forecast Saturday through Christmas week

San Francisco Chronicle

America’s noisiest and quietest national parks — the human factor

Los Angeles Times

Climate change threatens billions in CalPERS pension fund

San Francisco Chronicle

Plastic-munching mealworms may be key to helping clean environment

Fresno Bee

Largest private giant sequoia grove for sale. Deadline near to protect ‘absolute jewel’

San Francisco Chronicle

To speed up buses, SF cut parking on San Bruno Ave. Welcome to the city’s future

San Francisco Chronicle

We should tax, not reward, frequent fliers

Mercury News

Why can’t electric cars drive free in express lane? Roadshow

Mercury News

What if there was no pizza guy? California could allow fully self-driving vehicle deliveries

San Francisco Examiner

Lyft may not end cash on bikeshare after all

San Francisco Chronicle

New SF Navigation Center proposed on the edge of the Tenderloin

San Francico Examiner

Navigation Center for homeless youth planned for District 3

Mercury News

Bay Area renters displaced during holiday season highlight ‘loopholes’ in new California law

Mercury News

Fremont council OKs 248 market-rate apartments as downtown continues growth

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma’s long-awaited affordable housing project at 20219 Broadway gets going

Capital Public Radio

California Landlords Can't Reject Tenants Solely For Using Vouchers Starting In 2020

San Francisco Chronicle

Map in new study shows impact of 4-foot sea-level rise on San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle

House sinks Hetch Hetchy boating proposal

Mercury News

Gov. Newsom should take bolder action on climate, San Mateo County leaders say

Mercury News

Bicyclists ‘are rudest people’ — unless it’s scary drivers: Roadshow

Mercury News

BART fares are going up in 2020: Here’s how much they will increase

Los Angeles Times

Why so many gas pumps still have less-secure credit card readers

San Francisco Chronicle

The decade’s best buildings in a changing SF

Mercury News

Homeless moms who seized vacant Oakland house take fight to court

Press Democrat

Sonoma County supervisors delay solution to sprawling Joe Rodota Trail homeless encampment

San Francisco Chronicle

Berkeley overcomes reservations to move ahead with housing at BART stations

Mercury News

Santa Clara County to renovate, turn San Jose apartments into supportive housing

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Senior affordable housing to take tenants in January

San Francisco Examiner

Hotly contested Embarcadero Navigation Center opens, with more to come

San Francisco Examiner

Wiener calls SF supervisors vote against SB50 a ‘sad day’

Curbed SF

Here’s how much more expensive SF rent control became this decade

Curbed

Housing discrimination goes high tech

Local News Matters

Homebuilders Team Up With Hayward Church For ‘Tiny House’ Project

San Francisco Chronicle

The sea otter population in the SF Bay could skyrocket. If they can get past 'the gauntlet,' that is

Fairfield Daily Republic

Putah Creek salmon numbers way down after Yolo Bypass pump failure

Napa Valley Register

Napa County to ban solar energy farms in ag areas pending a more detailed review

Curbed

The quiet triumph of bike share

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