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LA Times

'Castaways' in motor homes feel stranded on society's fringe

LA Times

Metro backs away from controversial plan to widen the 710 Freeway, opting for more modest changes

Marin Independent Journal

Marin voices fewer complaints over winter fireplace smoke

Napa Valley Register

Napa economy holds fast after wildfires, but labor shortages loom

Napa Valley Register

Debris removal from Napa wildfires is about 85 percent complete

The Press Democrat

State legislators told firefighting efforts require costly improvements

LA Times

California spent nearly $1.8 billion last year fighting major wildfires

LA Times

EPA chief's clean-water rollback shaped by secrecy, luxury travel and handpicked audiences

San Francisco Chronicle

BART set to begin issuing tickets to those who sneak aboard

San Francisco Chronicle

Top-selling electric car in California is not a Tesla

San Francisco Chronicle

Big winter storm causes severe traffic on Bay Area roadways

San Francisco Chronicle

Sardine-like train rides suggest Californians like the rails

East Bay Times

The doctor is in: Uber launches new patient-shuttle service

San Jose Mercury News

Roadshow: The heroes on our roads

Marin Independent Journal

Marin to install safer Panoramic Highway guardrails

Sacramento Bee

Tax agency rejects 4-cent increase in gas taxes, giving Jerry Brown a $617 million problem

Sacramento Bee

Spend gas tax money ASAP, new Caltrans leader says of directive from Gov. Jerry Brown

LA Times

710 Freeway is a 'diesel death zone' to neighbors — can vital commerce route be fixed?

LA Times

Pedestrian deaths in L.A. rise sharply but officials remain committed to traffic safety program

LA Times

New bullet train business plan will show higher costs, CEO Brian Kelly says

Fair Warning

Use of Smartphones and Recreational Marijuana Cited as Possible Factors Behind Rising Pedestrian Deaths

East Bay Times

Will San Jose grow up or out?

San Jose Mercury News

Menlo Park: Facebook’s workforce will equal city’s population

San Jose Mercury News

Google downtown San Jose village study group launches with lively discussion

Marin Independent Journal

Novato seeks proposals to develop Hamilton properties

Marin Independent Journal

Former Marin supervisor Kinsey on trial in Coastal Commission watchdog’s suit

Marin Independent Journal

Marin median home price up 13 percent in January

SF Curbed

El Cerrito angry about 146-unit housing development

LA Times

$2 billion to help house California's homeless isn't being spent — and no one knows when it will be

LA Times

L.A.'s real estate industry enters the age of bitcoin

LA Times

Garcetti says major state housing bill doesn't protect single-family neighborhoods

PR Newswire

MTC Pledges $10 Million for New Fund To Preserve Affordable Housing

The Press Democrat

Close to Home: It’s not enough to rebuild. We also need to build

San Francisco Chronicle

SF trying to figure out how to bring old emergency call boxes into modern world

San Francisco Chronicle

California cities suing oil firms over climate change lose key ruling

Marin Independent Journal

West Marin sea-level rise planning enters second phase

Sacramento Bee

Rep. Jared Huffman wants to save California’s redwood country – by logging some of it

KQED

Sonoma County Braces for Upcoming Rainfall, Possible Mudslides, Flooding

Bloomberg

Why Is California Rebuilding in Fire Country? Because You’re Paying for It

Sacramento Bee

Sacramento County alleges secret meetings over Delta tunnels, files lawsuit

New York Times

Automated Vehicles Can’t Save Cities

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: Drivers have doubts, but California is blessing autonomous cars

San Francisco Chronicle

Uber does not have enough wheelchair-accessible vehicles, new lawsuit says

Mercury News

$9 express lane toll? It’s not a fluke

Mercury News

Look what’s making self-driving cars freak out

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Carlos OK’s $7 million for Highway 101 project

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

PD Editorial: Join us for this public discussion about Highway 101 widening

San Francisco Examiner

SF lawmaker wants city tax for Uber, Lyft for Nov. ballot

San Francisco Examiner

No fan of the van: SFMTA Chariot permit endangers public transit

Sacramento Bee

California's pollution cops crack down on big rigs. That might start a fight with Trump

KALW

Six futuristic Bay Area transportation projects to get the green light

SF Bay

Signs of progress on Richmond-San Rafael third lane

New York Times

In Germany's car capital, the unthinkable: A ban on cars.

San Francisco Chronicle

Sight-unseen bids show craziness of SF real estate market, and 2 other Calif. cities are worse

San Francisco Chronicle

Huge transit-centric SoMa development plan kicking into gear

East Bay Times

Initiative to repeal California’s rent control restrictions hits milestone

Mercury News

San Jose may get big new housing development

Marin Independent Journal

Metallica’s James Hetfield turns over 1,000 acres of open space to MALT

Napa Valley Register

Napa County supervisors place oak woodland initiative on June ballot

Fairfield Daily Republic

Vacaville council nixes short-term rentals

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