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Local News Matters

BART project to replace decades-old track in central CoCo County will disrupt schedule

Railway Age

Watch: BART Constructs New Power Substation in San Francisco

Mass Transit

BART approves FY26 operating and capital budgets

Fresno Bee

California high-speed rail officials say feds’ audit is ‘outright misleading’

San Jose Spotlight

Can new highway lanes end Los Gatos’ beach traffic nightmare?

The Oaklandside

An Oakland neighborhood’s campaign against sideshows has become a fight with the city

San Francisco Chronicle

20-somethings are leaving San Francisco — except for this one neighborhood

Berkeleyside

Affordable housing for Berkeley teachers underway, to be ready by 2027

Mercury News

Trump-supporting ‘brain emulation’ advocate pushes for federal takeover of Alameda’s former air station for tech utopia

San Francisco Chronicle

Silicon Valley entrepreneur pushes plan for huge tech enclave on Bay Area waterfront

Mercury News

Lake Tahoe mystery: Why aren’t the lake’s famous waters getting more clear?

Mass Transit

Bay Area’s Link 21 Project advances as standard-gauge rail project

KALW

San Francisco’s ready-made future train portal

San Francisco Chronicle

Has the Great Highway closure led to a traffic nightmare? This is the most complete data yet

San Francisco Standard

A ride in San Francisco’s adorable new Zoox robotaxi made us slightly sick

Local News Matters

Caltrain bridge replacement work to disrupt service for eight months beginning Monday

San Francisco Chronicle

These California airports are thriving as SFO, LAX lose passengers

San Francisco Examiner

How fast will upzoning lead to new SF homes?

San Francisco Chronicle

After years of falling, Oakland rents are finally rising again

Marin Independent Journal

Marin County to buy Point Reyes Station property

Mercury News

Eviction cases still soaring in the Bay Area five years after COVID-19

Mercury News

California’s ‘No Robo Bosses Act’ advances, taking aim at artificial intelligence in the workplace

Marin Independent Journal

Marine Mammal Center logs worrisome wildlife disturbances

NBC Bay Area

Sunflower sea star project seeks to release purple urchin-eating machines

Press Democrat

SMART coalition launches campaign to renew tax that provides operating cash for North Bay passenger rail system

Marin Independent Journal

Citizens group proposes SMART tax renewal campaign

Railway News

San Francisco Advances Muni Metro Train Control Upgrade

Mercury News

Lanes will be closed on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge starting Friday night

Mercury News

VTA eyes purchase of downtown San Jose building for security office

Mercury News

VTA scouts for tenants for agency’s new downtown San Jose HQ

Mercury News

What are California’s rules about kids on electric bikes?

Mercury News

Trump revokes California’s electric vehicle rules

San Francisco Chronicle

Another Bay Area school district invests in teacher housing. Will it help retain employees?

Mercury News

Who speaks for the trees?

Mercury News

Santa Clara park rangers lasso large loose lizard

KQED

Humpback Whales Blow Bubble ‘Smoke’ Rings to Communicate With Humans

San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley transit agency looks for solutions to looming deficit

Local News Matters

VTA breaks ground on South Bay projects to reduce noise, add express lanes along 85/101

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: Caltrain

KGO-TV

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit expands to Windsor; local businesses say 'all aboard'

San Francisco Chronicle

London Breed’s former chief of staff to lead urban think tank SPUR

Mercury News

Trump is expected to sign resolution this week reversing California’s ban on gas-powered cars, GOP congressman says

San Francisco Standard

Condos used to be ideal starter homes. Now, they’re harder than ever to own

Fairfield Daily Republic

Update: Suisun council says yes to reimbursement agreement with California Forever

Knee Deep Times

The Path to a Just Transition for Benicia’s Refinery Workers

Mercury News

Google offers buyouts to more workers amid AI-driven tech upheaval and antitrust uncertainty

Press Democrat

New funding district could reshape downtown Santa Rosa. Here’s how

Knee Deep Times

New Metrics on Hybrid Gray-Green Levees

Knee Deep Times

Ecologist Finds Art in Restoring Levees

NBC Bay Area

Festival challenges students to create films about environmental solutions

KQED

California Lawmakers' Plan Would Help Bay Area Transit Avoid Fiscal Disaster — for Now

San Francisco Standard

SF’s most beloved Muni driver is switching lines

KGO-TV

Oakland moves forward with plan for speed cameras as part of pilot program

Gilroy Dispatch

All four lanes of new Highway 156 corridor open June 13

Government Technology

Public Transit Agencies Continue to Lag in Cybersecurity Prep

Mercury News

Caltrain contractor sentenced to 60 days in jail for building secret apartments in train stations

Local News Matters

‘Full steam ahead!’: SMART making tracks to Healdsburg, lines up funding for next station

Local News Matters

SMCTA’s $187.1M budget places emphasis on pedestrians and cyclists, transit connectivity

San Francisco Examiner

Tenderloin group warns of lost services due to federal, local budgets

Cal Matters

California lawmakers going big on pro-development bills — not so much on renter protection

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