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Sacramento Bee

CalPERS health premium rates to increase in 2026. Here’s how much they’ll cost

San Francisco Standard

Never mind the ‘for lease’ signs: Powell Street is at the beginning of a bounceback

KQED

KQED to Slash Workforce by 15%, Cutting Dozens of Jobs in Latest Round of Layoffs

San Francisco Chronicle

KQED cuts 15% of staff as it faces budget woes and federal threats

Knee Deep Times

Nine Tiles Hint at Preferred Textures for Seawall Life

Knee Deep Times

Bayfront Redevelopment on a Landfill Sparks Pollution and Flood Concerns

Axios

Where Americans walk and bike most often

San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley bike superhighway gets state funding

KTVU

Neighbors turn neglected overpass into community garden in Oakland

Mass Transit

Key takeaways for public transit, passenger rail funding from House Appropriations FY 2026 THUD Appropriations Bill

Smart Cities

Amtrak, high-speed rail, public transit take cuts in House 2026 budget proposal

Planetizen

Amtrak Cutting Jobs, Funding to High-Speed Rail

San Francisco Chronicle

Proposed S.F. high-rise would forever change skyline, dwarfing Salesforce Tower

San Jose Spotlight

Palo Alto hopes to protect El Camino retail amid housing boom

Cal Matters

CalPERS recovers from tariff plunge and notches a big investment gain

San Francisco Chronicle

This is the real doom loop. It will change everything about life in the Bay Area

San Francisco Examiner

Local reporters live ‘pipe dream,’ founding worker-owned news outlet

Associated Press

The tariff-driven inflation that economists feared begins to emerge

Cal Matters

A new invader threatens California water supplies. Can the state stop its spread?

Marin Independent Journal

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge revised bike path plan submitted

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Transit electric bus yard plan presents trade-offs

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. wants to extend Embarcadero bike lane — and remove parking and trees

San Francisco Standard

Meet the transit nerd behind that viral BART and Muni personality quiz

SF Gate

BART station ad draws thousands to take San Francisco transit personality test

Berkeleyside

All in Alameda County can enter lottery to get a heavily subsidized e-bike

Local News Matters

Oakland airport name saga resumes; leaders try again to add San Francisco Bay to moniker

Mercury News

SFO publicly objects to newly adopted name for Oakland airport

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: With DEI decision, bridge district focuses practical necessity

San Francisco Chronicle

Home prices in these cities are now more expensive than in S.F.

San Francisco Chronicle

Nvidia’s stock price is soaring. Could Silicon Valley home prices follow?

Mercury News

Bay Area developer building ‘micro-studios,’ and yes, people are renting them

KPIX

Berkeley flea market shutters, but vendors continue selling at Ashby BART station

Local News Matters

Growing pains: Marin County agriculture crop values see smallest post-pandemic decline

Richmondside

Rising sea levels could make it harder to clean up Richmond’s toxic shoreline

Cal Matters

California’s wind and solar projects face new federal hurdles

Railway Age

SFMTA Sees Highest Ridership Recovery in May

San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans continues hydrogen fuel cell investment for buses

Marin Independent Journal

Novato joins county in e-bike safety changes

Local News Matters

Mayor Lurie cuts ribbon on Bayview’s first electric vehicle fast-charging stations

Local News Matters

Oakland awarded $10M to fund safer streets, bicycle paths in eastern portion of the city

Cal Matters

California, epicenter of the nation’s housing crisis, is finally getting a housing agency

San Francisco Chronicle

This new S.F. apartment building is leasing fast — is the city’s development freeze finally over?

San Francisco Examiner

State housing bill calls into question hard-fought SF zoning plans

Mercury News

Are we pouring SALT on housing’s affordability wounds?

Mercury News

Intel chops several hundred Bay Area tech jobs as chipmaker retrenches

Local News Matters

Waste collection disruption in Bay Area continues into Friday amid Teamsters strike

San Francisco Chronicle

Even after Texas floods, S.F. has no plans to fix its defunct tsunami warning sirens

KPIX

Bay Area air quality advisory issued as fires burn in far Northern California

San Francisco Examiner

SF supe wants to make Central Subway better — and maybe longer

Mass Transit

SamTrans contracts with Trillium to design and construct permanent hydrogen fueling station to support zero-emissions bus fleet

KALW

The joys, and dangers, of walking in San Francisco

Bloomberg

Why Did Cars Get So Hard to See Out Of?

Reuters

Tesla to expand robotaxis to San Francisco area within two months, Musk says

New York Times

As MetroCard Phases Out, Riders Gripe About Its Replacement

Cal Matters

Why one California union sided with YIMBYs and developers on housing

San Francisco Chronicle

Map: Here’s how much the California FAIR Plan costs in every ZIP code

Richmond Standard

Hercules commission to consider 171-home Bayfront development

San Francisco Examiner

Tech layoffs drop in San Francisco after two-year surge

San Francisco Standard

Politico

California has an idea to counter Trump’s megabill: Roll back environmental laws

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