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San Jose Spotlight

Cupertino to install license plate reader cameras

Bloomberg

The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities

Bloomberg

How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built

San Francisco Chronicle

Supervisor wants to diagnose why S.F. builds slower than other cities

Mercury News

A ‘stupid system’: Bay Area homebuyers frustrated by rampant underpricing in real estate listings

KQED

San Francisco Considers Pausing Empty Homes Tax

San Francisco Standard

Remote work is losing its grip on SF, at last

San Francisco Examiner

AI companies’ booming demand could drive SF real-estate rebound

Mercury News

Santana Row in San Jose gets fresh crop of stores and dining merchants

San Francisco Chronicle

3.9-magnitude earthquake jolts S.F. Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle

California wants to send more hazardous waste to local landfills

Marin Independent Journal

Marin coast hazard policy effort dealt new setback

The Oaklandside

‘Striking’ data on Lake Merritt’s Chinook salmon has surfaced. But a mystery remains

Mercury News

Jane Goodall returns to Carmel to help save sea otters

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael nabs $11.15M in grants for path projects

KQED

SF Muni Is Struggling. To Help, This Driver Wants You to Ride the Bus — and Say Thanks

Local News Matters

AC Transit raising bus fares for first time since 2020 to help close $238M budget gap

San Francisco Chronicle

Could Bay Area’s traffic nightmares bring back casual carpool?

San Francisco Chronicle

Speed cameras are coming to S.F. next week, with $50 citations in May

San Francisco Examiner

After delay, SFMTA to take up Oak Street bike lane proposal

Gilroy Dispatch

VTA hosts meetings on interchange project

Local News Matters

VTA asks Gov. Newsom to halt transit strike as South Bay riders face service shutdown

Mercury News

VTA union strike to continue, officials tap Gov. Newsom for help

Mercury News

As VTA strike ends its first week, commuters grapple with new routes, higher costs

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area thieves are stealing license plates. Do this to protect yourself

SF Gate

The BART car set to become a Yosemite vacation home

San Francisco Chronicle

Homeowners in this Bay Area metro stay longer than nearly anywhere else in the U.S

San Francisco Chronicle

This Bay Area city is known for a memorial with thousands of white crosses. Will new housing erase it?

San Francisco Examiner

Two documentaries skewer SF housing crisis from different angles

Marin Independent Journal

Marin adds $2.4M to affordable housing fund

Marin Independent Journal

Novato affordable housing project gets another $1M from city

San Francisco Examiner

Downtown renewal hopes soar on fifth pandemic anniversary

Cal Matters

‘Puddles and ditches’: California considers protecting wetlands from Trump order

Press Democrat

Geysers geothermal expansion effort seeks Sacramento help on speeding up permits

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA unveils latest cost-saving proposal

Mercury News

VTA, union spar over legal request to end workers’ strike

San Francisco Examiner

Lawsuits, recalls and rallies: Great Highway saga is peak SF politics

Local News Matters

Sun sets on SF’s Upper Great Highway for final time ahead of park transformation

KQED

This Stretch of San Francisco’s Great Highway Is Now Permanently Closed to Cars

Richmond Standard

AC Transit to increase fares

San Francisco Chronicle

Scott Wiener rolls out another plan to build housing at transit hubs — with a more surgical approach

KQED

Wiener’s Controversial Bill to Allow Housing Near Transit Is Back

San Francisco Chronicle

This demographic is buying far fewer homes in S.F.

Mercury News

Livermore housing project pushes ahead with $25 million-plus deal

San Francisco Chronicle

Trump’s 200% tariff threat throws California wine industry into chaos

San Francisco Chronicle

Lake Berryessa’s famed ‘glory hole’ is on full display for first time in years

Bay Nature

Along With Its New Park, Ocean Beach Gets a Dunescaping

Mercury News

Transit union caught off guard by lawsuit, as VTA seeks legal avenue to end strike

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain supports bills to extend CEQA exemptions

Fairfield Daily Republic

Capitol Corridor adjusting fare prices: some up, some down

Richmondside

More weekend service coming to Richmond Ferry

Government Technology

Waymo Robotaxis Expand Service to 4 Silicon Valley Cities

San Francisco Chronicle

The S.F. region still leads the nation in population loss this decade

Mercury News

Bay Area counties grew in 2024, countering exodus concerns

Associated Press

Affordable housing threatened as Trump halts $1 billion slated for extending life of aging buildings

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Sloat Garden Center digs into Petaluma

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco to get downpours — and possibly hail. Here's a timeline

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Sinking areas of Marin need constructive strategy, practical plan

Press Democrat

PD Editorial: Is Newsom playing politics with recycling rules?

San Francisco Chronicle

Living hell or so much fun? Why I’m spending 7 straight hours riding BART

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