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Railway Age

Bay Area Voters Send Clear Message: Save Transit

SF Gate

SF: Muni Records 600,000 Trips On Valkyries Parade Day, Highest Ridership Day Since The Pandemic

San Mateo Daily Journal

Burlingame Broadway grade separation lands $90 million federal grant

Los Angeles Times

Can 700,000 cubic yards of sand save San Clemente’s threatened railway from El Nino?

San Francisco Standard

‘It doesn’t pencil’: The brutal math of why developers won’t build in SF

Associated Press

The average US 30-year mortgage rate falls to 7.18% this week, its third straight decline

Associated Press

AI data centers took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants

Politico

How Big Tech Lost the Midterms

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area AI stocks plunge after data center voter backlash in worst trading day since April 2025

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s shuttered downtown mall could be torn down under new buyer’s plan

KQED

San Francisco’s City-Owned Bank Measure Pulls Ahead Thursday Night

Cal Matters

Court rules against California’s first carbon capture project, a key piece of state climate plans

San Jose Spotlight

Delayed gas water heater ban divides South Bay

Richmond Standard

Westbound Richmond–San Rafael Bridge closing for new toll gantry

San Francisco Chronicle

A stretch of Highway 101 will close in S.F. this weekend. Here’s how to get around

KQED

Highway 101 Through SF Is Closed Again This Weekend — for the Last Time

KPIX

Bay Area voters react to passing of Regional Transit Measure

Progressive Railroading

San Francisco Bay Area voters approve transit funding measure

San Francisco Chronicle

This whimsical Bay Area bike trail is full of surprises — and just a BART ride away

CBS News

California High-Speed Rail's CEO resigned. Will new leadership investigate the contracts he left behind?

KQED

Rent Control Makes Moderate Gains Across The Bay Area in Early Voting Returns

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s newest Asian megastore brings 50,000 square feet of egg tarts, soup dumplings and produce

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland Coliseum operator will lay off 1,600 employees. A new owner says they’ll be hired back

Associated Press

A wipeout for AI stocks sends Wall Street reeling, and the S&P 500 tumbles more than 3%

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Moment in history’: Bay Area officials move ahead with natural gas water heater ban, with a few changes

Cal Matters

New deadline for phaseout of gas water heaters gives Bay Area homeowners one more year

San Francisco Chronicle

California’s largest reservoir in 50 years gets final approval, could break ground in June

Local News Matters

‘History in the making’: Valkyries fans bring ‘Ballhalla’ energy to championship parade

San Francisco Chronicle

Big win for Bay Area transit as voters approve regional measure and S.F. Muni tax

Local News Matters

SF’s ‘Stronger Muni for All’ Prop H parcel tax appears headed for victory

Mercury News

Election results: Regional transit measure supporters claim victory

KQED

Death Spiral Averted: Bay Area Transit Taxes RTM and Proposition H Declare Victory

Berkeleyside

Measure RTM to fund Bay Area mass transit headed for victory

SF Gate

Bay Area voters just saved themselves from a transit nightmare

San Francisco Standard

The Bay Area has decided public transit is worth saving. Now comes the hard part

Mass Transit

Transit sees big wins across U.S. in 2026 general election

San Francisco Chronicle

A victory for Sunset Dunes Park as Upper Great Highway ballot measure is voted down

SF Gate

SF voters reject cars on Great Highway for a third time

SFMTA

Podcast: Safety First, Second and Always

Local News Matters

Highway 101 Mill Valley ramp to remain closed during high tides due to flooding

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. voters boost affordable-housing funding but plan to tap property-sale taxes undecided

Cal Matters

California housing bonds: Voters pass Prop. 37, Prop. 1

Associated Press

US stocks rally toward their best day in 3 months, and the Dow soars more than 1,000 points

Cal Matters

California billionaire tax appears headed for defeat

KQED

Californians Rejecting Proposition 45 in Early Returns

San Francisco Standard

Overhaul of CEQA, California’s landmark environmental law, losing in early returns

San Mateo Daily Journal

Bay Area Air District to vote on gas water heater ban delay

Mercury News

Next soaking for Bay Area will be from the sun

Mercury News

What the El Niño worst-case scenario would look like in California

Governing

How Much Cheaper Is Transit Than Driving?

KALW

Question of the Bay: How should public transit be funded?

The Oaklandside

AC Transit union approves deal with agency for higher wages, on-call pay, new safety gear

Press Democrat

Two more busy Napa intersections will be monitored by automatic red-light cameras

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. rents finally dipped in October. They’re still up 24% from last year

Mercury News

Apartment complex eyed on site of former Century 24 domed movie theater in San Jose

Marin Independent Journal

Bolinas affordable housing project goes ‘very wrong’ for owners

Mercury News

The 15 markets where home sellers are cutting prices the fastest

Vallejo Times-Herald

Solano County planners set to discuss rezone on California Forever land

San Francisco Chronicle

The Transamerica Pyramid is trying something new: A holiday market for San Francisco

Associated Press

US job postings jumped sharply in September, a sign hiring could pick up

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