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San Jose Spotlight

San Jose BART extension faces nearly 2-year delay

KQED

VTA Officials Want to Ditch Contractor on South Bay BART Extension

Petaluma Argus-Courier

‘Keeps on chugging north’: SMART in line for state award to extend service to Healdsburg

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: SMART

Trains

California lawmakers announce deal on transit funding

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Transit to test same-day paratransit service

Richmond Standard

Flashing beacons to be installed at four Carlson Blvd. intersections

San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo to limit service in parts of San Francisco ahead of anti-ICE protests

San Francisco Chronicle

Burning Waymos have become a symbol in California ICE protests — but why?

Politico

California Forever offers to purchase small-town properties as part of annexation deal

Mercury News

Antioch receives national grant for jobs program

San Francisco Chronicle

Entertainment complex to land in this S.F. waterfront neighborhood

Mercury News

Solar bankruptcies show US clean energy industry is teetering on the brink

SF Gate

Bay Area transit agency predicts at least $10B price tag to replace historic bridge

San Mateo Daily Journal

Transit leaders weigh regional versus county measure

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo transit projects progress, but uncertainty lingers

San Mateo Daily Journal

Transportation Authority Board approves $187.1M budget

Fairfield Daily Republic

STA to discuss support for I-80 toll lane pilot program

San Francisco Examiner

Paying for parking on your phone in SF to become more expensive

Press Democrat

ACLU sues Sonoma County over use of drone surveillance for code enforcement

Local News Matters

California Forever makes pitch to purchase Suisun City land ahead of annexation talks

Vacaville Reporter

Suisun to discuss California Forever agreement

Mercury News

Bay Area hit hard by federal job cuts

San Francisco Chronicle

3.4 earthquake jolts Bay Area

Marin Independent Journal

Exploring the Farallon Islands’ wildlife haven

Mercury News

They eat everything’: Wild pigs increase around the Bay Area, causing headaches for homeowners, parks and water agencies

Local News Matters

Bay Area Air District sending $4 million to communities needing filtration systems

SF Gate

First SFO fee hits before even arriving at the airport

Mass Transit

SamTrans Board adopts FY26 and FY27 budgets

Marin Independent Journal

Caltrans revises Tiburon Boulevard makeover

San Francisco Standard

The latest outrage on the Great Highway: A new skate park

San Jose Spotlight

Philbrick: Preparing local transit for the Super Bowl and World Cup

Smart Cities

5 takeaways from Trump’s proposed 2026 budget for rail and public transit

Mercury News

Big South Bay office building is bought, deal shows huge price plunge

Mercury News

California wages jumped 6.5% last year, 5th biggest raises in US

Mercury News

Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee’s new staff may receive $1.7 million pay raise amid city’s budget woes

Cal Matters

Should polluters pay? California’s climate ‘superfund’ plan may have stalled

Gilroy Dispatch

Peninsula Open Space Trust Buys 2,500 Acres

Politico

The coming labor-business fight over Bay Area transit

San Francisco Chronicle

High speed rail was supposed to signal S.F.’s downtown renaissance, now it feels like a mirage

San Francisco Chronicle

Trump administration pulls $4 billion in federal funding for California high-speed rail

Mercury News

‘No viable path’ to completion: Trump administration plans to end funding to California high-speed rail project

New York Times

Trump Administration to Pull $4 Billion in Funding for California High-Speed Rail

Politico

Trump’s high-speed rail attacks are boosting Democratic support

Mercury News

VTA union votes to ratify new contract offer

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. Mayor Lurie wants to end free parking in Golden Gate Park

Marin Independent Journal

Fairfax moves forward with multimodal plan

Bloomberg

Where Public Transit Systems Are Bouncing Back Around the World

San Francisco Chronicle

California bill allowing more housing near transit stops narrowly passes Senate

KQED

Controversial Housing-Near-Transit Bill Advances to Next Stop in Legislature

San Francisco Examiner

SF inches closer to creating office-conversion tax district

Berkeleyside

Proposal for Berkeley’s tallest building gets final approval

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. Ferry Building cafe will close in ‘sudden and unexpected’ move

San Francisco Chronicle

A top S.F. brewery is ready to open on the waterfront

Bay Nature

We’ve Lost the A’s, But At Least We Still Have This Invasive Succulent

Mercury News

Plan to raise $500 million in annual sales taxes for beleaguered Bay Area transit advances in Legislature

San Mateo Daily Journal

Senate OKs regional transit bill

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco considered charging property owners for their driveways

Mercury Independent Journal

Marin Transit approves balanced budget as revenue dropoff looms

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose will use cameras to catch red light runners

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