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Mercury News

Second storm still on track to reach Bay Area on Saturday

Marin Independent Journal

Marin wildlife complex nears end of $24M renovation

KQED

Winter Rains Bring the Newts — and Here’s Where to See Them in the Bay Area

KPIX

New research finds whale communication more complex than originally thought

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo County Youth Commission hosts program to promote ‘bio-empathy’

Money Digest

10 Cities With The Cheapest, Most Reliable Public Transit Systems

East Bay Times

Waymo Co-CEO outlines path to 1 million weekly trips in 2026

The Verge

Waymo’s next-gen robotaxi is ready for passengers — and also ‘high-volume production’

East Bay Times

How California DMV investigates medical suspensions of a driver’s license

San Francisco Chronicle

Ten percent of SFO flights could be delayed this year. Here’s why

San Francisco Chronicle

First phase of massive housing project set to break ground at this East Bay BART station

Local News Matters

West Oakland BART lot closes partially as preparations begin for transit village project

Berkeleyside

City Council approves 8-story North Shattuck housing proposal

San Jose Spotlight

Developer applies for Palo Alto housing project despite lawsuit

Press Democrat

Neighbors lose fight to block 41-unit housing project in St. Helena

San Francisco Examiner

SF voters’ positive outlook grows dramatically in annual poll

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s new film incentives land Netflix’s ‘A Man on the Inside’ Season 3

San Francisco Chronicle

Salesforce reportedly lays off hundreds as Benioff jokes about ICE

San Francisco Chronicle

These maps show where California sank the most over the past decade

San Mateo Daily Journal

New $200M levee upgrades coming to Redwood Shores

San Francisco Chronicle

A luxury Bay Area neighborhood’s $2 million pond problem — and the endangered frog behind it

KQED

How Did the Newt Cross the Road? With Help From These Volunteers, Carefully

San Francisco Chronicle

This data shows just how bad BART’s doomsday scenario would be for riders

Berkeleyside

BART releases doomsday scenario in case sales tax doesn’t pass

Richmond Standard

Bay Area transit agencies push for half-cent sales tax to avoid ‘fiscal cliff’

San Francisco Chronicle

BART’s long fight against fare evasion is finally paying off. Here’s how much

Mercury News

VTA breaks new ridership record for Super Bowl LX, smashing the previous all-time high set by Taylor Swift’s ‘Eras Tour’ concert

Local News Matters

AI-powered traffic light controls speed up San Jose bus trips by 20%

Local News Matters

On the wings of love: Oakland airport offers free letters, therapy dogs for Valentine’s Day

Politico

California's blockbuster housing legislation faces rocky rollout

San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s why S.F. apartment rents keep surging but L.A. is in a slump

Mercury News

Six Flags and Great America to host National Hiring Week events

Mercury News

Tribe buys 10,000 acres north of Lake Tahoe from city of Santa Clara in historic land deal

Vallejo Times-Herald

Vallejo City Council to consider $11 million in Measure P funds for paving

Fairfield Daily Republic

Five SolTrans routes shutting down for Presidents Day

San Francisco Chronicle

Homebuyers paid less than the listing price nearly everywhere in the U.S. — except the Bay Area

Mercury News

Typical 2025 California home seller made $265,000 vs. $107,000 for US

Local News Matters

VTA reports record-breaking ridership for Super Bowl 60

Richmondside

BART, AC Transit warn of drastic service cuts unless sales tax measure is approved

San Francisco Chronicle

California FAIR Plan insurance can range from $92 to $32,000. This map shows costs by ZIP code

Live-work project proposed at 3rd and Ohio

Mercury News

Kaiser, nurses union spar over workers as strike enters 3rd week

San Francisco Chronicle

This S.F. mall defied the wave of downtown closures. Now it’s been sold

Local News Matters

Soaking rain expected across Bay Area through midweek

San Francisco Chronicle

BART’s cost-cutting plan risks a ‘death spiral’ that could end all train service

Local News Matters

A transit system like 1976: BART lays out grim future if voters don’t approve sales tax hike

Mass Transit

SFMTA makes cellular upgrade at downtown stations

The Oaklandside

A battle over who runs parking in Oakland

San Mateo Daily Journal

Burlingame eyes speed reductions

Bloomberg

For These Old Bus Stations, It’s Not the End of the Line

San Francisco Chronicle

Trump administration demands citizenship checks for S.F. public housing tenants

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Pathway to nowhere’: This loophole stalled a San Francisco affordable housing project for months

San Francisco Chronicle

Controversial affordable housing project in Livermore could move forward after years of delays

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael mall landmark nears demolition for housing

Mercury News

California job market ranks among the weakest of the weak nationwide

Mercury News

Building entrepreneurs and revitalizing East Bay downtown districts

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Sonoma County high-tech manufacturer laying off 30

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael sea-level report evaluates options for Canal area

San Francisco Chronicle

Here are 10 to 15 stations that could close under BART doomsday scenarios

KRON

These are the BART stations that could close under transit system’s worst-case scenario

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