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San Francisco Chronicle

A Bay Area fault that could produce a major earthquake is not where scientists thought it was

KQED

A Corpse Flower Is Blooming at San Francisco’s Conservatory of Flowers — and It Stinks

Mercury News

State budget includes $750 million in loans to keep Bay Area transit agencies running while new tax sought

San Francisco Examiner

For BART and Muni, a $750 million loan is just the start

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni says it’s ready to modernize S.F.’s subway, by tossing the floppy disks that control

Local News Matters

Muni’s post-pandemic ridership gains could be jeopardized by service and budget cuts

San Francisco Chronicle

Cruise lays off 101 Bay Area employees as GM winds down robotaxi program

San Francisco Chronicle

An energy company is offering $10 million in e-bike rebates for residents of this Bay Area county

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Petaluma accepts $3.4 million in grants for airport rehab, development plans

Fairfield Daily Republic

Rio Vista police join national campaign to slow drivers down

San Mateo Daily Journal

Burlingame planning for partial compliance with transit-oriented policies

San Francisco Examiner

SF housing advocates cheer CEQA reform, but will new development follow?

San Jose Spotlight

New building reforms change pace of San Jose development

Mercury News

Big Oakland hotel is seized by lender as Bay Area lodging market fades

Local News Matters

SF joins class action lawsuit over more withheld federal funds — this time from EPA

Mercury News

3.0-magnitude earthquake rattles South Bay suburb

Mercury News

Seniors are the fastest-growing age group in the Bay Area, and nationwide

Politico

Democrats retreat on climate: ‘It’s one of the more disappointing turnabouts’

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Sea lion rescued after lounging in Petaluma Outlets parking lot

San Francisco Chronicle

What Trump’s latest order means for national parks like Yosemite

Mercury News

Trump tariffs hike prices at downtown San Jose farmers market

San Francisco Chronicle

This Marin County town is having a ‘freakout’ over a planned downtown apartment complex

SF Gate

'Shame on us': Wealthy Bay Area city weakens affordable housing law

Vacaville Reporter

Navigating Solano County market’s mood swings

Mercury News

Santana Row in San Jose is poised to produce its first housing in a decade

San Francisco Standard

1,000 homeless beds short of goal, Lurie abandons signature campaign promise

San Francisco Examiner

Mahmood targets ‘outdated’ housing rules limiting unrelated housemates

Mercury News

Opinion: Tax Silicon Valley Big Tech to rescue BART and other Bay Area transit

Bloomberg

Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways?

Associated Press

Travelers may no longer be required to remove shoes before boarding a plane

KRON

Oakland awarded $10m grant for safer streets, bike paths in East Oakland

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s new speed cameras caught nearly 100K violators in May

Alameda Post

AC Transit to Realign Routes Starting Sunday, August 10

San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans adopts capital improvement budgets

New York Times

Could the Electric Hydrofoil Ferry Change the Way We Commute?

New York Times

California Offers Spirited Defense of Bullet Train Project

San Francisco Chronicle

Could this plan actually save California’s high-speed rail project?

Mercury News

State budget includes $750 million in loans to keep Bay Area transit agencies running while new tax sough

Marin Independent Journal

Marin, Sonoma propose transit overhaul along Highway 101

APTA

SMART on a Roll: Record Ridership and Expanded Service in the North Bay

Vallejo Times-Herald

Upgrades to the Mare Island Causeway Bridge starting in July

Richmond Standard

AC Transit upcoming service changes impact West Contra Cost County

San Francisco Chronicle

Mystery benches are appearing on S.F. sidewalks. The city isn’t happy about it

San Francisco Standard

Policing has little effect on SF traffic deaths, decades of data show

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael approves roadside memorial policy

Richmond Standard

Richmond looks to install stop signs at problematic intersections

Marin Independent Journal

Transportation Authority of Marin approves sea-level plan

San Jose Spotlight

Apple rescues Cupertino’s transit project

Mercury News

CEQA reform: Will big changes to landmark California environmental law lower housing prices?

San Francisco Examiner

What happens to property values after upzoning? It’s complicated

Mercury News

Home values soared in East Bay, South Bay while plummeting in San Francisco, Oakland

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito reviews repeal of housing requirement

San Francisco Chronicle

These are the best places to retire in California, according to a new ranking

Mercury News

Tight job market forces Silicon Valley college grads to examine options

Mercury News

Uncertainty of future FEMA disaster funding alarms Bay Area emergency planners

Cal Matters

Cleaning up smog is suddenly much harder. Reined in by Trump, what will California do next?

San Francisco Examiner

What's the deal with that broken Bay Bridge toll lane?

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: VTA

San Francisco Chronicle

SFO braces for nearly 1 million travelers during Fourth of July travel surge

Marin Independent Journal

New e-bike rules taking effect across Marin

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