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NBC Bay Area

San Jose State students get unlimited Bay Area transit with Clipper BayPass

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain ups budget for downtown extension, other projects: Salesforce Transit Center extension gets $3.6M more as part of $10M capital budget increase

SF Gate

Bart Board Responds To Civil Grand Jury Report About Budget Deficit, Oversight

Local News Matters

SFMTA kicks off fare compliance campaign to boost Muni revenue and thank paying riders

The Oaklandside

Degraded roads and sidewalks have cost Oakland $55 million

New York Times

Democrats Accuse Trump Administration of Stonewalling Major Transit Projects

NBC Bay Area

‘Neighbors evicting neighbors': Longtime North Beach tenants fight to stay in their homes

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County affordable housing stuck in pipeline

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland affordable housing nonprofit lays off 81 workers across 24 properties

San Francisco Chronicle

This Mission laundromat became a symbol of S.F.’s housing wars. It’s finally being redeveloped

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. Marina Safeway housing battle escalates as opponents raise contamination concerns

San Francisco Standard

Housing advocates sue SF, saying it illegally carved SoMa out of state density law

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s $17.8 billion plan to save its waterfront hits new hurdles

San Francisco Standard

This BlackRock analyst wants to fix journalism. Step one? Skip the journalists

Press Democrat

Despite economic worries, Russian River Valley businesses report significant rise in summer visitors

Cal Matters

Where did the birds go? Once-abundant wetlands are drying up after federal staff cutbacks

Mercury News

El Niño continues to strengthen. What does that mean for flood risk this winter?

Berkeleyside

3.8 magnitude earthquake in East Oakland shakes Berkeley, delays BART

KQED

Mendocino’s Tribes, Farmers, Environmentalists Agree: Take Down Eel River’s Dams

KGO-TV

Pay or Get Cited: Here's how SFMTA is expanding fare enforcement, awareness across Muni system

Fairfield Daily Republic

Vacaville transit dispute ends just before school begins

Sacramento Bee

CA high-speed rail says permitting gap is causing delays. This bill targets it

Fresno Bee

CA High-Speed Rail funding needs among ‘transparency concerns’ in critique

San Francisco Chronicle

That blinding gold car on S.F. streets is a Tesla Cybercab

Local News Matters

FAA approves staggered arrival procedures for SFO, slightly boosting landing capacity

San Francisco Chronicle

Mayor Lurie comes out against S.F. affordable housing measure: ‘Unaccountable slush fund’

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s Divisadero car wash is finally set to become 203 apartments

Cal Matters

California tool to encourage low-income rentals may suppress new apartment construction

Cal Matters

How San Francisco’s ridiculous housing prices are defining the race to replace Pelosi

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s top-paid employee made $900K. Here’s what every city worker gets paid

San Francisco Examiner

Contest awarding $50M for ideas making SF a better place to live

San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley tech layoffs in 2026 close to 2025 total

Mercury News

Once overrun by all-night raves, famed singer’s former beach property opens as new park

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Breathtaking’: New Bay Area coastal park with beach to open next week

Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley wetland and path projects gain momentum

San Francisco Chronicle

El Niño is strengthening fast. NOAA says a record event is now likely

Local News Matters

Conservation groups’ lawsuit targets state’s delayed review of white sturgeon protections

Local News Matters

SFMTA reports 7% increase in ridership during Outside Lands weekend

NBC Bay Area

SFMTA launches ‘Fare Day Out' to encourage Muni riders to pay fares

San Francisco Chronicle

BART’s new schedule makes transfers easier. But rush-hour commuters still face long waits

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA improving service this month on several busy Muni lines

Local News Matters

California advocates warn cap-and-invest changes could cut transit, housing funding

New York Times

Waymo Is Growing Faster Than Ever. So Are Its Glitches.

San Francisco Chronicle

Major construction project to shut down part of Highway 101 in San Francisco

San Francisco Chronicle

What would it cost to reopen the Great Highway to cars? S.F. has a new estimate

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara residents struggle with neighborhood parking

NBC Bay Area

California Prop 1: Voters to decide on affordable housing bond measure

SF Gate

Hillsborough mansion sells for record $70M to mysterious AI buyer

KQED

San Mateo County Could Be First to Regulate Humanoid Robots for Commercial Use

Napa Valley Register

Expiration of wage exemptions for goat, sheep herders threaten prescribed grazing

Marin Independent Journal

Fairfax renames ‘Wall property’ as open space preserve

San Francisco Chronicle

California offshore fracking could resume after decade-long halt, with push from Trump

Politico

‘We are going to court’: California threatens legal action on Trump offshore wind cuts

KALW

Bay Area transportation plan proposes $14 billion in projects through 2030

Local News Matters

BART changes schedules to reduce delays, crowding

Railway Supply

BART Introduces 10-Minute and 8–12-Minute Train Spacing

The Oaklandside

Podcast: A new BART station in East Oakland?

Local News Matters

AC Transit restores student bus service for 2026-27 school year

KALW

AC Transit announces changes to back-to-school schedule

San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans, Caltrain see more arrests, in part due to Prop 36

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