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Local News Matters

BART to provide shuttle service during upcoming weekend closures

Local News Matters

Measure to allow cars back on Great Highway will go before voters in November

San Francisco Chronicle

Great Highway controversy to return to S.F. voters this November

The Oaklandside

In 2 years, Oakland’s new innovative traffic safety program has completed only 3 projects

San Francisco Chronicle

Why one Berkeley street has become the Bay Area’s latest bike-lane battleground

Vallejo Times-Herald

Lane closures coming to Interstate 80 in Fairfield due to Trash Capture Device project

Local News Matters

SF transit agency lowers speed limits near more schools to improve student safety

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael lowers speed limits on 18 street segments

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito plans more parking in busy corridor

Mercury News

Tesla’s cratering Cybertruck sales evoke Ford Edsel comparisons

Press Democrat

Sonoma County takeoffs were diverted away from Bohemian Grove. Local residents long seeking a similar change have been rebuffed

Mercury News

Is California homeownership less obtainable than we think?

San Jose Spotlight

Has mass timber’s housing moment arrived in the South Bay?

San Francisco Examiner

New Market Street housing project for seniors inches closer to fruition

Cal Matters

Lawmakers tackle a severe housing shortage for renters who have federal vouchers

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. agrees that, yes, six years is too long to open a restaurant. Can the city fix it?

San Francisco Standard

Who’s behind those AI dread billboards? A tech company.

Cal Matters

California can’t replant its forests fast enough to keep up with wildfires

San Jose Spotlight

Historic trestle halts San Jose trail plans

SF Gate

Broadway Tunnel, 'one of the scariest places' in SF, to close for 46 hours

NBC Bay Area

SFMTA approves parking, transit improvements in San Francisco's Chinatown

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma County residents call for more frequent, connected bus service at transit workshop

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma residents object to ‘unnecessary’ temporary Third Street West traffic circle

San Francisco Standard

All cash, no contingencies, three days: How SF’s tough housing market got even harder

San Francisco Chronicle

Key piece of S.F.’s largest apartment complex is sold after financial distress

Mercury News

California has some of the nation’s most unaffordable housing markets

The Oaklandside

9 abandoned Oakland properties could become affordable housing

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose school district weighs workforce housing options

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Affordable workforce housing project reopens for Sonoma agricultural workers

San Francisco Standard

Lurie wanted San Francisco to bounce back. Now he’s got an affordability crisis

San Francisco Chronicle

OpenAI and Anthropic could go public for trillions. Will S.F. cash in?

Mercury News

Pixar eliminates 100-plus East Bay jobs amid Disney layoffs

Knee Deep Times

East Bay Kids Fight Extreme Heat in their Schoolyards

Knee Deep Times

New Study Shows Rain Gardens Filter Chemicals Out of Stormwater

Knee Deep Times

The Tricky Art of Growing Oysters in the Lab So They Can Survive in the Field

KQED

VTA’s Record-Breaking World Cup Ridership Nets Just Around $1 Per Trip

Press Democrat

In Geyserville, tight-knit community sees future with SMART train station proposal

SF Gate

SF: City Lowers Speed Limits Near More Schools To Protect Students

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco is set to slow drivers near schools. Here’s the new proposed speed limit

The Oaklandside

Safety improvements will come too late to a deadly East Oakland intersection

Mercury News

Animal crossings rise in second year of Highway 17 underpass

Local News Matters

Unprecedented gridlock led to Fourth of July delays, SF transit agency says

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland could tap its distressed downtown real estate for revenue with ‘foreclosure tax’

San Francisco Examiner

New SF permanent supportive housing required to be drug-free

San Francisco Standard

$50M for a teardown — that you might not be able to tear down — in Woodside

San Francisco Examiner

SF office market starting to rebound, thanks to AI boom

Mercury News

South Bay office leasing activity hits highest level since late 2024, report shows

Mercury News

Google renews leases for millions of square feet of South Bay offices

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown S.F. business district expands to include Ferry Building, Embarcadero Plaza

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. approves city’s largest budget ever while closing $642 million deficit

Mercury News

California ranks as nation’s 15th best business climate. Who’s No. 1?

Vallejo Times-Herald

Solano County residents shrug off California Forever loss of $3 billion contract

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano County's mega energy conservation project is online; savings to come later

Richmondside

5 things to know — EPA Superfund site cleanup update; work begins at contaminated Marina Bay lot

Marin Independent Journal

Marin Transit plans fare payment changes to promote Clipper

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain ridership tops 12.5 million in fiscal 2026

Local News Matters

Back on track: BART restores 10-car trains for first time in six years as ridership grows

Richmond Standard

Longer BART trains, new schedule aim to cut Richmond delays

San Mateo Daily Journal

Redwood City expands downtown plan across Woodside Road: Council OKs expanded focus area of Greater Downtown Area Plan, prioritizes Broadway as pedestrian-focused street

Newsweek

Map Shows Missing Link in California High-Speed Rail Plan

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