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San Francisco Standard

Time to build: Supervisors approve Lurie’s upzoning plan for 36,000 new homes

San Francisco Chronicle

Rents are rising in S.F. — and the surge is now spreading beyond the city

Mercury News

A push for more ADUs has hit the Bay Area and Southern California

KPIX

Marin County bans wood exteriors for some future home constructions

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. ‘sleeping pods’ startup buys downtown building for 400-bed megadorm

Mercury News

Cyber Monday spending pace lags Black Friday for second year

Gilroy Dispatch

After public outcry, Santa Clara County supervisors order revisions to rural zoning proposal

Mercury News

Salmon returning to Bay Area creek for first time in 70 years could be sign of environmental renewal to come

Mercury News

New study: Moss Landing battery fire dumped 55,000 pounds of toxic metals into wildlife-rich marshes

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area bridge tolls will rise in January. Here’s how much more they will cost

Richmond Standard

Bay Area bridge tolls set to rise under five-year plan

Richmond Standard

Work begins on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge ‘open-road tolling’ project

Marin Independent Journal

Marin benefits, spending outlined in regional plan

San Mateo Daily Journal

Millbrae begins plans for multimodal transit station development

Daily Cal

SFBA Bench Collective installs hundreds of benches across the Bay Area

The Oaklandside

Oakland will get 18 speed cameras over the next six weeks

San Francisco Chronicle

SFO sees record travel during Thanksgiving, surpassing 2019 numbers

KGO-TV

Here's a look at BART's plan to keep passengers safe during holiday season

New York Times

The Shocking Crash That Led One County to Reckon With the Dangers of E-Bikes

Vacaville Reporter

Federal Highway Administration approves relief funding for Benicia

San Francisco Chronicle

Mayor Lurie’s ‘Family Zoning’ housing plan is one step closer to being approved

KQED

San Francisco’s North and Westside Residents Sound Off on Housing Plan

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo office tower to become housing

Mercury News

Wish Book: Neighborhood Hands uplifts, gives sense of belonging to unhoused residents

San Francisco Chronicle

Four Seasons San Francisco sold to Blackstone in $130 million deal

Mercury News

Autonomous electric tractor company chops more than 100 East Bay jobs

San Francisco Chronicle

Instagram chief tells employees to return to office five days a week for ‘tough’ 2026

Mercury News

How fog built the Bay Area

Local News Matters

Surf’s up: King tides bring dangerous waves, heightened flood risk along coast this week

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni ridership hit post-pandemic high in October, thanks to a popular music festival

Local News Matters

Lurie touts $40 million in federal funding to modernize Muni fleet with new hybrid buses

Press Democrat

Napa County’s Vine Transit to roll out 6 new hybrid buses

NBC Bay Area

BART police to boost patrols through the holiday season

Marin Independent Journal

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll booths slated for removal

San Francisco Chronicle

California Highway 101 traffic is still a mess, despite upgrades. Could this new fix help?

Petaluma Argus-Courier

New ramp meters along Highway 101 in Sonoma and Marin counties to be activated Tuesday

San Francisco Standard

‘It’s going to be a disaster’: West-side residents dread yearlong 19th Avenue roadwork

Local News Matters

Caltrans to start yearlong 19th Avenue repaving project Monday

San Francisco Chronicle

California EV drivers could now get a $490 ticket if they break this new rule

San Francisco Chronicle

Kids on superfast e-bikes are alarming California. One Bay Area school district is cracking down

Marin Independent Journal

Novato prods parents on e-bike safety issues

Marin Independent Journal

Marin police detail challenges of e-bike enforcement

Berkeleyside

Waymo car service in Berkeley and Oakland approved by DMV

San Francisco Chronicle

Southwest dominates Oakland’s airport. What does the airline’s pullback mean for flyers?

KTVU

The man behind the viral Thanksgiving BART meal

San Francisco Chronicle

A lot of S.F. residents live alone. This map shows which neighborhoods have the smallest households

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Tech wealth effect’: Most Bay Area homes have lost value — except for one type

Mercury News

Third attempt to repeal Prop. 19’s tax burden on inherited property aims for 2026 ballot

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. offered $1 million tax break to companies moving offices downtown. No one has used it

San Francisco Standard

Inside a historic building — and a major San Francisco corridor — at a crossroads

Mercury News

Construction of buildings starts next year in Cupertino mall revamp

San Francisco Chronicle

New California law means a big change for grocery shoppers in 2026

San Francisco Chronicle

9 things that don’t belong in recycling bins in San Francisco

Mercury News

$20 million project to restore wildlife, expand trails and boost flood protection along San Francisco Bay nears finish

Richmond Standard

Help restore nature at Baxter Creek

Local News Matters

Going somewhere? Bay Area transit agencies work to ease your way through busy holiday

Mercury News

This city has the smoothest roads in the Bay Area. Where does your city rank?

Vallejo Times-Herald

Construction begins on new Vallejo State Route 37/Fairgrounds Interchange Project

Marin Independent Journal

SMART supporters submit petition for tax renewal measure

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. pushes planning code changes to speed up affordable housing development

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