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The Oaklandside

Oakland gets $12M to pay people on parole to clean highways

San Francisco Chronicle

Parent outrage spurs S.F. to hurry hiring of crossing guards

San Francisco Examiner

State bill could help SF push for more sober housing

Mercury News

California building permits tumble to 16% below average

Cal Matters

New enforcement targets people living in cars, RVs on California streets

San Francisco Examiner

JPMorganChase to lay off 99 downtown San Francisco employees

San Francisco Standard

Bay Area lawmaker says AI companies’ attempts to stifle regulation will ‘backfire’

Politico

Google dodges a $2.5T breakup

Fairfield Daily Republic

Legislation purportedly in works to expand Collinsville shipbuilding footprint

Vallejo Times-Herald

Local officials urge lawmakers to back possible shipyard legislation

Mercury News

Northern California offshore wind project loses $427 million amid Trump cuts

Marin Independent Journal

Marin renews contract to reduce coastal pollution

KPIX

Pacifica whale watching group excited as humpback whales continue to visit area

San Francisco Chronicle

SFMTA to make cuts to all divisions as agency hits fiscal cliff

San Francisco Chronicle

California city ‘blindsided’ by high-speed rail proposal to prioritize Bay Area service

Mercury News

Need a ride to work? SF Casual Carpool is back, restarting a unique Bay Area commuting community

Samtrans

Podcast. The Grand Boulevard Initiative: Turning El Camino Real into a street for everyone

Gilroy Dispatch

Highway 101 project will modify traffic pattern at Rocks/Cannon roads

Local News Matters

Oakland gets $12.4M over 3 years to employ parolees on Caltrans beautification crews

Mercury News

Santa Clara County hoped to build 4,800 new homes with Measure A money. How did they exceed that goal by 38%?

San Francisco Chronicle

The number of affordable homes in the San Jose area has doubled — to 330 listings

San Mateo Daily Journal

Bay Meadows development nears completion

San Francisco Chronicle

Aaron Peskin has a warning for Daniel Lurie about his S.F. ‘family zoning’ plan

San Francisco Chronicle

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says AI has already replaced 4,000 jobs

San Francisco Examiner

Some SF fishers suffer amid efforts to save whales, salmon

San Jose Spotlight

Sunnyvale has found the secret to downtown’s success

Local News Matters

EPA to revise cleanup plan for contaminated Heckathorn Superfund site in Richmond

New York Times

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report

San Francisco Chronicle

Sneak peek: Treasure Island’s first major park set to open, with sweeping S.F. skyline views

Mercury News

Classic cars will still need a smog test in California after lawmakers reject Jay Leno bill

Vacaville Reporter

Eureka arrives at Mare Island

Richmond Standard

WestCAT celebrates 20 years of Lynx service with free rides

North Bay Business Journal

Vine Transit adds new electric buses to fleet

San Francisco Chronicle

Sleeping at the wheel? Semiautonomous cars are tempting some drivers to bypass safeguards

Bloomberg

Amtrak Debuts New High-Speed Acela Trains After Years of Delays

Fairfield Daily Republic

Gas prices jump before Labor Day, expected to drop with autumn

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose students get free bikes to commute to school

Los Angeles Times

Southwest changing its extra-seat policy for plus-size travelers: ‘Heartbreaking’

Local News Matters

Southwest Airlines partners with EVA Air to streamline Taiwan bookings, transfers at SFO

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County scores millions for affordable housing project

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. apartment rents surge again in August to highest level since April 2020

Berkeleyside

Amoeba Music plans to build apartments above its Telegraph Avenue store

Cal Matters

Why California backed down from forcing landlords to keep residents cool

Mercury News

Which workers earn six figures in California?

Cal Matters

America’s economy runs on data. What Trump’s firing of a top data chief means for California

Mercury News

Orphaned baby foxes released after receiving care in Saratoga wildlife facility

The Oaklandside

Oaklanders vs. pollution: on the podcast

Mercury News

BART plans $930 million muni bond sale as budget deficits loom

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo County officials continue the disagreement over contributions to BART

San Francisco Examiner

Waymo says its SF fleet has tripled in size since last public disclosure

Local News Matters

SF’s Market Street to open to ride hailing services, much to the chagrin of some locals

Napa Valley Register

Napa airport receives federal grant

San Jose Spotlight

State bill to increase housing near transit draws scrutiny in Mountain View

San Francisco Standard

Bay Area housing production is frozen, forcing developers to take riskier bets

Mercury News

Bay Area home sales dropped in July, but so far prices haven’t followed

Mercury News

California homebuying drops 7% below 2008 crash levels

Berkeleyside

Photos: New student housing at People’s Park ‘tops out,’ giving sense of its scale

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. tourism to grow in 2025 despite Trump’s hostility, declines from Canada and Mexico