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Richmond Standard

Fixes proposed for Point Richmond bike lane safety issues

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose traffic deaths dropped in 2025

Redwood City Pulse

Crash-prone Jefferson Avenue slated for $8M safety overhaul

KPIX

Group of San Anselmo homeowners to decide if bridge demolition plan moves forward

San Francisco Chronicle

Chevron’s HQ left California. A developer now plans to add thousands more homes in its place

Sacramento Bee

CA launches portal to expedite conversion of state buildings to housing, businesses

San Francisco Standard

AI is booming. Tech jobs in San Francisco are not

Vacaville Reporter

Mashburn calls Maritime Zone a ‘nothingburger’

Richmondside

The Bay Area’s most-fined air polluters: Explore 10 years of environmental violations

Local News Matters

Adaptation ideas for sea level rise in San Rafael recall solutions from the past

Local News Matters

Mountain lion tranquilized, captured in SF; to be released to ‘more suitable habitat’

San Francisco Standard

Alcatraz coyote gets ‘much fatter’ on prison island diet

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown’s back — and so is the traffic. S.F. is now among the nation’s most congested

Local News Matters

BART says year-over-year ridership rose 13.5% in December

Richmondside

BART riders can now book Uber rides on BART app

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Highway 121 reopens in Schellville after monthslong Caltrans project

Berkeleyside

Wildcat Canyon bicycle flow trail: How to tell EBRPD what you think

KOVR

Amtrak Capitol Corridor temporarily reducing train service through late February

Governing

Will Self-Driving Cars Short-Circuit Urban Public Transit?

Bloomberg

To drive down transportation costs and move the needle on affordability, Americans need to embrace living closer together.

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County residents consider leaving the area

San Mateo Daily Journal

Half Moon Bay scopes an end to rent control

San Francisco Examiner

SF is back, but international tourism isn’t

Mercury News

California ranks among worst states to retire in. Here’s why

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito seeks shoreline business input on sea-level plan

Mercury News

Is the East Bay earthquake swarm finally over?

Press Democrat

Sonoma County old-growth redwood preserve set for expansion

San Francisco Chronicle

Mountain lion roaming S.F.’s Pacific Heights located by wildlife officials

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Marin shorebirds help track health of coastal ecosystem

KQED

Campaign to Avert Bay Area Public Transit Death Spiral Gets Underway

Local News Matters

Bay Area advocates take to the street to gain support for public transit funding measure

NBC Bay Area

SF rally launches campaign to avert Bay Area public transit funding crisis

NBC Bay Area

SF city leaders discuss future of public transportation

Marin Independent Journal

SMART board recommends calling election for tax renewal pitch

Berkeleyside

Berkeley-to-San Francisco ferry plan takes key step forward

Berkeleyside

Clipper 2.0 off to a rocky start

San Francisco Chronicle

The Super Bowl will unleash traffic chaos on many Bay Area roads — starting now. Here’s what to expect

KQED

Going to the Super Bowl in Santa Clara? Here's How to Get In and Out of Levi’s Stadium Smoothly

Local News Matters

Super Bowl LX: Bay Area airports out to score points with travelers during football surge

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. supervisor renews push for $1.4 billion Central Subway extension to Fisherman’s Wharf

San Francisco Chronicle

This map shows the most dangerous streets for pedestrians and bicyclists in California

Press Democrat

Cotati seeks to spur housing, commercial development near SMART train station

San Francisco Standard

Undercutting Lurie, YIMBY group to sue city over Family Zoning Plan

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose considers easing housing development requirements

NBC Bay Area

Home tracking forum names San Jose the least affordable city in the world

Petaluma Argus-Courier

New housing plans mark a changing era in Penngrove — and not everyone’s on board

San Francisco Chronicle

Airbnb rules have literally split this Bay Area beach town in two

San Francisco Chronicle

The gap between S.F. and Oakland rents swells to highest level in years

San Francisco Chronicle

High-end housing for older adults could go into vacant space in Marin — but neighbors are suing

Mercury News

California homebuying drops to 2nd-lowest level in 21 years

San Francisco Chronicle

Thousands of Kaiser workers walk out as labor dispute escalates

San Francisco Chronicle

These architects envision new life for S.F.’s dead downtown mall. Here’s what they’d like to see

San Francisco Chronicle

This wealthy Bay Area beach town is battling to save one road. Billions of dollars in real estate is at stake

San Francisco Standard

Camelot with coyotes: What it’s like to call the Presidio home

Marin Independent Journal

Deadline nears for closure of West Marin ranches and dairies

LA Times

Multibillion-dollar transit project to tunnel through the Santa Monica Mountains is approved by L.A. Metro

San Francisco Standard

$1.5M, 15,000 hours, and conflicting answers for BART’s service meltdowns

Fairfield Daily Republic

Suisun council formalizes 2026-27 road work list

Sacramento Bee

State doesn't have enough money for affordable housing fund, lawmakers say

Berkeleyside

UC Berkeley’s tallest-ever dorm will soon begin to rise

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