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Transit Talent

Colorado lawmakers have RTD in sights for major overhaul — including big changes for elected board

London Review of Books

In the Shadow of Silicon Valley

Bloomberg

For Cities, ‘Transit Is Existential’

San Francisco Chronicle

At a cost of nearly $1 million a unit, stalled S.F. affordable housing project set to start again

San Francisco Examiner

SF’s latest housing battle goes coastal

Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley approves affordable housing project

San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s what’s in Katie Porter’s plan to address the housing crisis — and what experts say about it

Mercury News

Lucid Motors downtown San Jose dealership site details begin to emerge

San Francisco Chronicle

47-year-old tortilla factory ditching Bay Area for Kansas

Mercury News

New pollution rules could improve air quality in Bay Area, other parts of California

San Francisco Chronicle

California’s trees are dying in huge numbers — and Tahoe is the epicenter

Press Democrat

Santa Rosa, Petaluma and Sonoma County offer free rides to promote transit equity

Planetizen

Research Reveals Subsidized Transit Is More Efficient

San Francisco Chronicle

Cruise execs finally speak on how they handled S.F. robotaxi crash: ‘It was regrettable

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain pushes for ADA-accessible stations

San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco leaders set new safety standards for e-bikes, scooters

Petaluma Argus-Courier

Petaluma buys 4 electric buses, 10 chargers

Local News Matters

Palo Alto road projects will mean weeks of lane closures and detours for local drivers

Bloomberg

New York’s $15 Congestion Pricing Aims for Mid-June Start Date

San Francisco Chronicle

Housing project at S.F. parking lot stalled for a decade. Now the developer plans to supersize it

Mercury News

More homes coming to Seeno’s San Marco development

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano Supervisors approve Housing Element upgrade

Cal Matters

An initiative promised 20,000 homes for mentally ill Californians. It delivered far less

Cal Matters

Los Angeles’ one weird trick to build affordable housing at no public cost

San Francisco Chronicle

Las Vegas mayor: A’s should ‘stay in Oakland,’ Fisher’s plan ‘doesn’t make sense’

San Francisco Chronicle

Report: Amazon slashes jobs in its medical division, including S.F.-based One Medical

Mercury News

Tech companies slash more than 3,900 Bay Area jobs in 2024 as layoffs widen

San Francisco Chronicle

Microsoft-owned gaming giant’s layoffs hit 162 Bay Area workers, offices closing

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. tech company DocuSign lays off hundreds to improve ‘financial and operational efficiency’

San Francisco Chronicle

California rainfall totals: Maps show where winter storms brought the most precipitation so far

Cal Matters

California’s pursuit of clean air just got much harder: New soot standards set

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain officials eye enforcement of fares to curb deficit

KPIX

SFMTA seeks Muni fare increase as $12.7 million deficit looms

Alameda Post

AC Transit Postpones System Overhaul to 2025

Mercury News

Cities, drivers have a year to figure out new California safety law banning parking near crosswalks

Local News Matters

New recreational amenities coming to SF as Caltrans begins work on $2.4M public space

Mercury News

Hotel deals implode in Bay Area and California as economy turns murky

Marin Independent Journal

Marin’s ‘Last Resort’ compound on path to historic designation

San Francisco Chronicle

Why San Francisco is ‘fine’ despite mass tech layoffs and store closures

San Francisco Chronicle

UCSF to pay $100 million to acquire two struggling S.F. hospitals

San Francisco Examiner

'Toy Story' inspiration to close its downtown San Francisco doors

San Francisco Standard

San Francisco pitches tax overhaul as monster deficits loom

Bloomberg

Court Ruling Could Set Back ‘Decades of Work’ in Polluted Black Communities

Mercury News

Map: Where wind reached 102 mph, and other peak Bay Area gusts

Marin Independent Journal

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge managers reexamine westbound lane options

Press Democrat

SMART ridership hits record high, punctuating end of transit agency’s pandemic-era slump

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: SFMTA, VTA

Railway Age

BART: First Woman to Serve as Our Chief Transportation Officer, Started as a Station Agent

Marin Independent Journal

Marin transportation planners set traffic death goal: Zero

NBC Bay Area

San Francisco considers expanding right turn on red light ban

KTVU

San Francisco considering red-light turn ban in much of downtown

Napa Valley Register

Highway art 29 reviewed

Bloomberg

Inside California’s Coming Fight Over Vehicle Speed Limiters

Planetizen

Should Transit Riders Sit on Transit Agency Boards?

San Francisco Chronicle

This neighborhood’s home values surged after the pandemic. Here’s what that says about the Bay Area’s market

Mercury News

San Jose to fight developers using ‘builder’s remedy’ to downsize housing projects

KQED

How San Francisco Counts Unhoused Residents

Mercury News

H-1B: Bad luck in the skilled-worker visa lottery pushes workers from Silicon Valley and other U.S. regions to Canada

Marin Independent Journal

Corte Madera marsh menaced by invasive plants

Marin Independent Journal

San Anselmo open space deal gets decisive funding influx

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