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State of California

California Awards Nearly $40 Million for Communities to Build Industries of the Future

SF Gate

SF Travel launches $6M ad campaign with first-ever commercial, starring local talent

San Francisco Chronicle

Listen: A tale of 2 downtown businesses, one shuttering, one opening

San Francisco Examiner

How Breed's budget proposal would close SF's $780 million deficit

East Bay Times

Bay Area tech layoffs top grim milestone after jobs cuts by Meta, Nuro, others

Associated Press

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says

San Francisco Chronicle

'Giant' 5,000-year-old tooth was found on California beach. Here's what we know

Press Democrat

A massive kelp forest once anchored the North Bay’s marine ecosystem. Here’s how scientists are trying to bring it back

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Where are the ‘heat islands’ in Sonoma Valley?

Cal Matters

California transit systems’ pleas for aid haven’t moved the Capitol

Mercury News

California lawmakers urge transit bailout, pushing back on Newsom’s proposed budget cut

San Francisco Standard

‘Do or Die Moment’: Coalition Calls for State Bailout of Public Transit

KPIX

Lawmakers urge additional funding for Bay Area transit agencies

San Francisco Standard

Three Great Bay Area Hikes Accessible by Public Transit

Mercury News

San Jose airport soars back to key passenger milestone as rebound extends

Mercury News

What’s with the overnight work on I-680? Roadshow

Associated Press

The easiest way to get a $7,500 tax credit for an electric vehicle? Consider leasing.

Smart Cities

Shared micromobility boosts job access when linked with public transit: report

Cal Matters

Tax on short-term rentals like Airbnb could fund California affordable housing

East Bay Times

Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis?

San Francisco Chronicle

SF wasn’t only city to see exodus

San Francisco Examiner

Breed wants to add 600 homeless shelter beds in SF budget amid deficit

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose housing left out of state environmental reform

New York Times

A Take of Paradise, Parking Lots and My Mother’s Berkeley Backyard

New York Times

Imagine a Renter’s Paradise. It Might Look Like Vienna.

Mercury News

Downtown San Jose lands several new merchants as area rebound sprouts

SF Gate

Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space

Press Democrat

Sonoma County Open Space District in contract to buy Bodega Bay ranch for future park

New York Times

Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse.

Bloomberg

Why Thinking of Cities as Nature Is Key to Fighting Climate Change

San Francisco Chronicle

Without state funding, S.F.’s Muni could cut up to 20 bus lines — starting this summer

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. expected to delay plans to extend metered parking hours

Mercury News

Borenstein: BART refuses to make cuts, accelerates toward ‘fiscal cliff’

San Francisco Chronicle

As BART faces ‘fiscal cliff,’ it hopes these anime mascots will attract young riders

NBC Bay Area

BART PD Says New Officer Deployment Strategy Leads to More Arrests

Mercury News

Berkeley awarded $5.1 million to study plan for revitalizing its pier with ferry service

Berkeleyside

Berkeley gets $5.1M to plan for ferry service

Mercury News

Caltrain extension to downtown San Francisco got green light from various agencies: Roadshow

Forbes

U.S. investing in high-speed rail

Sonoma Index-Tribune

How does Sonoma rate for bicyclists?

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown S.F. condos selling at lowest prices in six years, data shows

San Francisco Chronicle

As S.F.’s housing production stalls, this development continues to add affordable homes

East Bay Times

Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis?

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo City Council seeking to max housing at Talbot’s site

San Mateo Daily Journal

Rents stabilize in the San Mateo County

Mercury News

Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis?

Mercury News

Santa Clara County reports 1% dip in homeless population, 37% spike in unhoused families identified

Local News Matters

SF supportive housing division pushes ahead on ‘Site F’ closure over supervisors’ objection

The Guardian

Vacant skyscrapers, empty trains: can San Francisco once again reinvent itself?

NBC Bay Area

Old Navy to Close Downtown San Francisco Store

San Francisco Examiner

Supreme Court ruling decreases wetland protection

Mercury News

Can California’s coastline be saved? Study shows up to 70% could be wiped out by 2100

Press Democrat

North Coast officials, scientists and stakeholders launch exploration of sea otters’ return

Los Angeles Times

State asked to stop diverting iconic Mono Lake’s water to Los Angeles

San Francisco Standard

San Francisco Lawmakers Rally for Transit Funds, Putting Assemblymember Phil Ting in the Hot Seat

New York Times

Struggling to Attract Riders, BART Rethinks Its Service Schedule

KGO-TV

Could billions in cash save downtown SF? A look at plans for the future of Salesforce Transit Center

KPIX

Bay Area transit commuters face drastic cuts to service as fiscal cliff approaches

Berkeleyside

A freeway has long separated Berkeley from its waterfront. Is it time to rethink I-80?

The Oaklandside

Report: Oakland traffic collisions are a ‘public safety epidemic’

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