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Imminent changes to state climate policy could favor oil and gas industry

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area transit sales-tax measure hits critical milestone

San Jose Spotlight

Will Bay Area transit tax measure qualify for November ballot?

The Oaklandside

My daughter needed a liver transplant to save her life. BART is key to her ongoing care

SF Gate

Caltrain to run midnight train on a weekday next month for World Cup

New York Times

Blind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding Alone

The Oaklandside

Oakland speed cameras: 82,000 fines in 40 days

Marin Independent Journal

Tiburon to explore AI traffic signals

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael approves $1.8M for Canal bridge design, study

San Jose Spotlight

Palo Alto poised to restore crossing guard funding after public uproar

Bloomberg

New York City’s Hottest Transit Mode Is a Boat

Mercury News

San Jose launches workforce housing effort at downtown housing tower

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco faces a budget crisis. Its homelessness fund is flush with cash

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael weighs park impact fees for new developments

Mercury News

Economic stunner: California up 128,600 jobs in a year. Rest of US? 11,700

San Francisco Chronicle

Meta lays off nearly 700 Bay Area workers, and twice as many in Seattle area

Mercury News

Meta plans to cut more than 600 Bay Area jobs; NetApp will eliminate dozens

San Francisco Chronicle

Wine Country officials race to find Costco plants carrying invasive pest

Gilroy Dispatch

City of Gilroy seeks community input on ‘Blue Skies’

Knee Deep Times

Could Avocados Be A Transformational Fruit for the Bay Region?

Knee Deep Times

Saving Two Marshes From the Squeeze

Mercury News

Tax to bail out struggling Bay Area transit agencies appears headed to voters

San Francisco Standard

You will be voting to save BART, Muni in November

KQED

Bay Area Transit Agencies Saved $1 Billion Since 2020. Can They Sustain Those Savings?

Local News Matters

Keeping Bay Area public transit on track, MTC review finds agencies cut $1B in costs

San Francisco Chronicle

California cap-and-trade overhaul could slash funding for transit, housing and fire prevention

KQED

East Bay Residents Push Back as Caltrans Studies Lifting I-580 Truck Ban

San Francisco Chronicle

Tech buses were once ubiquitous on S.F. streets. Here’s how frequency has changed

San Francisco Chronicle

Plan to build more than 12,000 homes in this Bay Area community faces crucial vote

Mercury News

Affordable homes project near San Jose BART station gets boost from real estate deal

Berkeleyside

5 cohousing projects in the works in Berkeley

Local News Matters

East Palo Alto celebrates grand opening of 136 affordable homes at Colibri Common

Mercury News

Sonoma County airport sees early evidence for record year

San Francisco Standard

SF nonprofits brace for 1,000 layoffs as Lurie eyes millions in budget cuts

San Francisco Examiner

City plans future redevelopment of former naval shipyard

Mercury News

It’s harbor seal pup season in the Bay Area. Here’s how to be a good neighbor

SF Gate

6 Bay Area beaches land on California's worst beaches list

San Francisco Chronicle

Their meteoric rise reshaped the Bay Area and powered Silicon Valley. Is it at an end

Governing

Public Transit’s Pandemic Woes Persist

Press Democrat

CHP warns drivers to follow HOV lane laws after unusual Rohnert Park traffic stop

Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley approves road tax pitch for ballot

Cal Matters

California bill moves to make cheaper alternative fuel available to more drivers

Mercury News

Waymo takes multi-city pause over flood concerns, halts freeway access

San Francisco Standard

Waymo suspends all freeway rides over safety issues

KTVU

Final 19th Avenue closure in San Francisco on Memorial Day weekend

Press Democrat

Napa street closures, extended bus service hours set for BottleRock Napa Valley 2026

Mercury News

Real estate investors wheel and deal to buy South Bay mobile home parks

Mercury News

Bay Area, California both lose jobs in April, South Bay is bright spot

Cal Matters

After AI layoffs, Newsom orders state government to find ways to ease the pain

San Mateo Daily Journal

Downtown San Mateo ‘thriving’

Mercury News

AI cameras scan San Francisco Bay to help protect whales from deadly ship strikes

Gilroy Dispatch

Research says local mountain lions are under threat

Local News Matters

Angel Island Immigration Station named among America’s Most Endangered Historic Places

San Francisco Chronicle

A coastal eddy could disrupt San Francisco’s fog pattern over Memorial Day weekend

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA project aims to improve busy crosstown Muni route

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo County transit leaders weigh sales tax investment allocations

Richmondside

Richmond green-lights improvements to one street. Some say it’s the wrong one

Mercury News

Waymo rolls its driverless car service deeper into the South Bay

Associated Press

Memorial Day: Higher fuel prices have some Americans scaling back their travel plans

Politico

How California’s Next Governor Would Tackle Rent, Insurance and Housing Costs

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