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Mercury News

Gas prices: Newsom scraps profits cap on oil industry ‘price gouging,’ proposes new watchdog body

Mercury News

Roadshow: Should roadside memorial for slain Safeway worker remain or be removed?

Railway News

SFMTA adds100th new light rail vehicle

San Francisco Chronicle

YIMBYs and environmentalists have been at odds on housing. Now they’re teaming up to fight sprawl

San Francisco Chronicle

Epic battle over a Bay Area housing project lasted 12 years. Now, it’s finally getting built

San Francisco Chronicle

Gavin Newsom announces 1,200 new tiny homes, 15% homeless reduction target

Marin Independent Journal

Novato approves aid for Habitat for Humanity project

The Oaklandside

Oakland aims to eliminate single-family zoning by fall

KQED

MAP: Bay Area Affordable Housing Projects Impacted by Silicon Valley Bank's Collapse

San Francisco Examiner

Study: SF homeowners spend over half their annual income on their homes

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose loans millions to build affordable apartments

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s First Republic receives $30 billion lifeline from nation’s largest banks

Mercury News

Silicon Valley Bank’s parent company files for bankruptcy protection

Marin Independent Journal

Marin banks battling contagion after two major failures

San Francisco Chronicle

NOAA proposes listing sunflower sea stars as threatened species

Local News Matters

State still not out of drought conditions but ‘things are improving,’ state officials say

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s Central Subway saw declines in ridership during its first two months of service, data show

San Francisco Chronicle

Driverless taxi company offering free rides to S.F. hospitality workers

Mercury News

Sideshows aren’t going away, but could come off the street if there were legal places to perform: Roadshow

Los Angeles Times

L.A. riders bail on Metro trains amid 'horror' of deadly drug overdoses, crime

Washington Post

Inside the movement to remake America’s streets

Press Democrat

Sonoma County supervisors approve ban on new gas stations, extra pumps

San Francisco Chronicle

A huge housing project is getting built next to San Quentin. Here’s what it could look like

San Francisco Chronicle

The $1.3 billion plan to fill the last empty pier on S.F.’s Embarcadero may get a boost from the state

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Accompanying support crucial for Golden Gate Village fund to work

KQED

Bay Area Land Is So Expensive. How Do Urban Farms Survive?

Bloomberg

Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Incites Construction Loan Chaos in California

San Francisco Standard

SF Businesses Are Coming Back to Life—at Least in Some Neighborhoods

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area will end sales of gas furnaces and water heaters. Here’s what it means for you

San Francisco Chronicle

These nine charts show how COVID transformed S.F. in the last three years

San Francisco Chronicle

Break from wet weather continues across the Bay Area. How long will it last?

Government Technology

San Francisco Sees Delivery of $3M All-Electric Ferry

Mercury News

Strengthen sideshow penalties by confiscating cars, readers suggest: Roadshow

The Oaklandside

Caltrans prepares for potential flooding of Oakland highways

Bloomberg

SVB Didn’t Just Lend to Startups. It Was Key Partner for Affordable Housing

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael 162-apartment project advances to planning board

Cal Matters

Student housing: State’s promise to build more dorms hits setbacks

NBC Bay Area

Santa Clara County Leaders Pass a Slew of Affordable Housing Actions

San Francisco Chronicle

These are the biggest tech layoffs impacting the S.F. Bay Area

Mercury News

Bay Area prices soar amid jumps in prices for food and utilities

San Francisco Chronicle

Warmer, drier weather is returning to the Bay Area. Here’s what’s in store

New York Times

Why poverty persists in America

San Francisco Chronicle

U.S. failing to protect endangered humpback whales off Pacific coast, judge says

Mercury News

What’s your least favorite roadway in the Bay Area? It could be worth $50: Roadshow

Mercury News

This Bay Area city launched its own ride share app — with 4 new Teslas

Local News Matters

BART officials offer general support for effort to strengthen agency’s internal watchdog office

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: ACE, Amtrak, BART

San Francisco Chronicle

First zero-emissions fuel cell ferry in the U.S. arrives in San Francisco

Cal Matters

Court upholds California Prop. 22 in big win for gig firms like Lyft and Uber

Bloomberg

Car-Free Living Takes Off in Car-Centric Cities

Governing

Atlanta’s Incredible Shrinking Transit Plan

San Francisco Chronicle

Exclusive: S.F. supervisor, mayor to propose separate efforts to speed up housing development

San Mateo Daily Journal

Burlingame plans for more housing

Mercury News

Bay Area powers to strong job gains in January despite tech layoffs

San Francisco Chronicle

Mortgage rates are dropping after Silicon Valley Bank collapse. How low will they go?

KQED

Bay Area Weather: As New Storms Bring More Rain, How You Can Prep for Flooding, Winds and Power Outages

San Francisco Chronicle

Commercial salmon fishing closed in California for second time ever

Washington Post

A warmer world causes extreme drought and rain. ‘Indisputable’ new research proves it.

San Francisco Chronicle

Could the Bay Area lose BART?

Smart Cities

Biden 2024 budget asks Congress to allow transit capital funds to be used for operating expenses

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