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Gothamist

Yet Another Study Suggests Mass Transit Is Not Where Viruses Tend To Spread

Mercury News

Real estate: Big Fremont apartment complex is grabbed by Bay Area investor

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Springs housing proposal gets unanimous nod from citizens advisory group

Cal Matters

Rising seas: California’s affordable housing faces worse floods

San Francisco Chronicle

New research explains why salmon are dying in the Pacific Northwest. The danger lurks in California, too

Mercury News

Bay Area cities crack the top ten for earthquake risk in the U.S.

New York Times

Sale of Arctic Refuge Oil and Gas Leases Is Set for Early January

Marin Independent Journal

State allots key funds for Marin-Sonoma ‘narrows’ project

East Bay Times

Editorial: BART cannot afford reckless pandemic labor deal

Mercury News

Who can I call about speeders in my neighborhood? Roadshow

Mercury News

Controversial Richmond shoreline housing, retail project can move forward, council says

Mercury News

Bay Area aid program opens for new home buyers

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose to hold community meeting on Diridon Station development

Marin Independent Journal

Richardson Bay activists stage protest aboard seized vessel

KPIX Project Home

Project Home: San Francisco Passes ‘Long Overdue’ Ordinance Requiring Landlords To Report Vacancies

NBC Bay Area

San Mateo Supes Approve Purchase of Hotels for Unsheltered Residents

San Francisco Chronicle

Plans to widen Highway 101 advancing, despite complaints it will ‘suffocate’ redwoods

KQED

Did Someone Say 'Drought'?

Local News Matters

California awards more than $10 million for salmon preservation work

San Francisco Chronicle

SFMTA could lay off more than 20% of workers as it faces devastating budget deficit

NBC Bay Area

Financially Strapped SFMTA Faces Layoffs of Up to 1,226 Full-Time Workers

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni to restart some light rail service, but underground subway will remain shuttered

San Francisco Examiner

First Muni trains will return to service Dec. 19

San Francisco Examiner

Muni to resume fare enforcement with ‘reimagined’ approach

Mercury News

DMV opens driving test reservations, extends learner’s permits again

Mercury News

Almost all of today’s vehicles include black boxes: Roadshow

Mass Transit

Bipartisan $908 billion emergency relief framework includes funding for transportation

Washington Post

Transit system service cuts proposed in Congress’s backyard elicit calls for more funding

Cities Today

Survey finds 77 percent of US voters support emergency public transit funding

Marin Independent Journal

George Russell: Transit unions face layoffs without help

San Francisco Chronicle

New data show S.F. is still a renter’s market. Will Bay Area prices rebound in the spring?

SF Gate

SF rents fall again in November, down almost 25% since March

Los Altos Online

Los Altos Council sends letter opposing housing allocation figures

Los Angeles Times/SF Gate

Along the crumbling Sonoma Coast, an ambitious project paves the way for ‘managed retreat’

San Francisco Chronicle

Feds want rugged whitebark pine on endangered species list because of climate change

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland bans natural gas in new residential and commercial buildings

East Bay Times

Oakland approves ban on natural gas in all new buildings

Mercury News

San Jose adopts historic natural gas ban — but with a controversial exemption

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose bans natural gas in new commercial buildings

Mercury News

What’s behind the big increase in porpoises off Northern California?

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano Resource Conservation District focuses on virtual education

Local News Matters

Army scuttles plan to dredge the bay to allow for bigger oil tankers

KQED

SF Transportation Agency Faces Huge Layoff as COVID-19 Fiscal Crisis Deepens

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA prepares for massive potential layoffs as budget crisis continues to build

San Francisco Chronicle

Tenderloin residents struggle with bus cuts as Muni faces deficit: ‘We’re all suffering’

Mercury News

Why are the 55-mph signs flashing when there’s no roadwork? Roadshow

Newsweek

Stimulus Funding Needed for Mass Transit Systems Nationwide to Avoid Service Cuts

Reuters

Pandemic Motors: Europeans snap up old cars to avoid public transport

San Francisco Chronicle

High-dollar real estate sales in San Francisco hit over coronavirus, Proposition I concerns

San Francisco Examiner

Decline in high-end real estate sales this year means less money for The City

Mercury News

Site of big Sunnyvale residential project gets new owner, new developer

Mercury News

Affordable homes builder buys downtown San Jose frat house

Cal Matters

Can Gavin Newsom use the pandemic to beat back homelessness?

San Jose Spotlight

Does San Jose’s residential building slowdown signal a recession?

The Oaklandside

No more gas stoves? Oakland could ban them in new buildings

KQED

San Jose Primed to Ban Natural Gas in Most New Buildings

Press Democrat

$40 million grant to cover final segment in Hwy 101 widening project in Sonoma, Marin counties

Wall Street Journal

Public transit agencies slash services, staff as coronavirus keeps ridership low

San Francisco Chronicle

Could hydrogen-electric cars be crucial to meeting California’s climate goals?

Mercury News

Marin County resurfacing work on Highway 101 to begin Tuesday

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