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Smart Cities

With attacks on public transit up, cities struggle to make riders feel safer

Bloomberg

Return-to-Office Push Does Little to Solve Transit Agency Problems

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s affordable housing crisis has hit a generational divide, according to S.F. Chronicle poll

Berkeleyside

South Berkeley church opens long-awaited new affordable apartments

Local News Matters

Bay Area sees two-month decline in inflation, with lower energy prices pacing 0.5% drop

Silicon Valley Business Journal

Remote work is shaking up the hiring market. Here's who benefits.

San Francisco Standard

SF Bay Area Reigns as Nation’s Work-From-Home Capital, Census Data Shows

Waterworld

Assessment highlights water issues across Calif.’s Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle

One Bay Area county launched a movement to ban new gas stations. But will it actually work?

San Francisco Chronicle

Another earthquake rattles the Bay Area, striking Berkeley

San Francisco Chronicle

Santa Rosa earthquake: This little-known fault could soon produce the Big One

San Francisco Chronicle

ShakeAlert early warning system worked during Santa Rosa quakes, officials and residents say

Cal Matters

Facing criticism, state amps up its climate change blueprint

New York Times

Elusive future of San Francisco fog

East Bay Times

BART horror story: ‘The people looked like zombies and we soon found out why’ – Roadshow

Fairfield Daily Republic

FAST shifts gears to on-demand, smaller bus operations in 2 city areas

San Francisco Examiner

Caltrain extension into downtown San Francisco could get new name

Patch

SMART Adds New Midday Trains, Improves Golden Gate Ferry Connections

Bloomberg

Tech Companies Vie to Monetize the Curb and Reinvent Street Parking

Protocol

How Google Maps could make biking better

Mercury News

Opinion: The housing crisis that is driving teacher shortages

Marin Independent Journal

San Quentin area affordable housing project moves forward

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose housing shortage is the worst in the U.S.

San Francisco Chronicle

Remote work is here to stay. Employers need to accept that

SF Gate

San Francisco tech unicorn Patreon lays off nearly 20% of staff

SF Gate

Magnitude 4.4 earthquake shakes California's Wine Country

San Francisco Chronicle

Listen: How Sonoma County is leading a movement to ban new gas stations

Berkeleyside

3 big studies on East Bay’s creatures, plants and wildfire risk

San Francisco Examiner

The Great Highway debate is missing the point. The ocean is rising and coming for the road

KQED

'A Lesson in Discrimination': A Toxic Sea Level Rise Crisis Threatens West Oakland

Local News Matters

Community groups unite for Oakland Estuary cleanup event Saturday — and you can help

Local News Matters

Governor signs Dodd bill that takes aim at ‘existential threat’ posed by climate change

Mercury News

Reader knows a way for San Jose police to ‘make a lot of money’: Roadshow

Fairfield Daily Republic

FAST shifts gears to on-demand, smaller bus operations in 2 city areas

Washington Post

Buttigieg taps funds to undo transportation damage in neighborhoods

New York Times

California Doubles Down on Its Housing Laws

Mercury News

Bay Area hotel purchases slump amid inflation, price uncertainty

SF Chronicle

About that $90,000 parking space for sale in S.F. — how common are such listings?

LA Times

Editorial: California’s backward laws prioritize housing cars over people. Let’s fix that

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

New rules could further limit where unhoused can camp in Rohnert Park

SF Examiner

Guaranteed income programs spread in California and US

San Francisco Chronicle

Mosquito Fire update: 25 homes destroyed, containment grows to 16%

San Francisco Chronicle

California will soon rank heat waves like hurricanes

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Unlimited Bay Area transit pass trial begins with Santa Rosa Junior College students

San Francisco Chronicle

After decades of growth and tumult, BART stuck in a massive financial hole

San Francisco Chronicle

New S.F. tower with condos and office space is a $1 billion bet on the city’s recovery

Mercury News

Flex, Spare the Air alerts still in effect as California’s power grid gears up for another pummeling

KQED

Grid Operators Again Call for Energy Conservation to Avoid Rolling Blackouts

San Francisco Chronicle

BART has carried riders for 50 years. It also changed how the Bay Area lives

Mercury News

How California ended up in the zero-emissions driver’s seat

Mercury News

How can there not be a good way to alert fellow motorists tail or brake lights are out? Roadshow

San Francisco Chronicle

California wanted to end homeless shelters. Instead, COVID reinvented them

Mercury News

Old San Jose motel site is grabbed by busy real estate investor

Mercury News

Environmental, government leaders talk green transportation at South Bay Rotary summit

San Francisco Chronicle

BART’s GM says transit system has to be complementary to hybrid work schedules

Planetizen

BART’s Phase II Extension Into San Jose Ready to Go

Napa Valley Register

The Napa freeway that never was

Mercury News

‘The bicyclist didn’t even look until he heard our car skidding’: Roadshow

Mercury News

Five tips to get you ready for the driver’s license knowledge test: Roadshow

KPBS

California looks to spur e-bike adoption with new incentive program

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