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NBC Bay Area

Trends Show High Demand for Real Estate in Tri-Valley

Bay Nature

On Environmental Protection, Biden’s Election Will Mean a 180-degree Turn From Trump Policies

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area advocates push transit leaders to delay projects to save jobs during financial crisis

San Francisco Chronicle

BART shrinks budget deficit, OKs retirement buyouts to avoid layoffs

San Francisco Examiner

Almost 40 percent of BART employees to be offered retirement incentives

Local News Matters

BART board approves incentivized retirement program to address budget woes

KQED

Muni Forced to Redo Part of $52 Million Tunnel Project – Just 2 Years After Finishing It

San Francisco Chronicle

Supervisors slam Muni for Twin Peaks tunnel rehab that needs millions for fixes two years after completion

San Francisco Chronicle

‘Silicon Valley dudes buying Teslas’: California struggles to expand electric-car market

Berkeleyside

Berkeley’s streets are getting worse and it could take $328M to fix them, report finds

KPIX Project Home

Bay Area Roadways Earn ‘Fair’ Grade In Annual Maintenance Assessment

San Jose Spotlight

Watch: A live chat with VTA General Manager Nuria Fernandez

SF Gate/Bay City News

Councilwoman, Though Retiring, Hopes To Stay Connected To Regional Transportation Scene

Los Angeles Times

New York and the crisis in mass transit systems

San Francisco Chronicle

BART OKs housing development at El Cerrito Plaza Station — number of parking spots to shrink

San Francisco Chronicle

Auditor: California agency allowed $2.7 billion in bonds for affordable housing to expire

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Applications open for Altamira Apartments waitlist

KQED

Some Hotels for Unsheltered People Are Closing. Where Will They Go?

KPIX Project Home

Project Home: Bay Area Communities Grapple With Lack Of Local Control Under Project Homekey

San Francisco Chronicle

Familiar Bay Area face named superintendent of Point Reyes National Seashore

Marin Independent Journal

Point Reyes National Seashore gets new superintendent

Mercury News

653,551 folks left California in 2019. Where did they go?

Mercury News

Want to save sea otters? The key might be moving them into San Francisco Bay — away from great white sharks

Cal Matters

Well water throughout California contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’

New York Times

Climate Change Is Making Winter Ice More Dangerous

Bloomberg

The 15-Minute City—No Cars Required—Is Urban Planning’s New Utopia

Napa Valley Register

Napa removes unauthorized speed bumps on a residential street

San Francisco Examiner

Damaging legacy of ‘racism, sexism, discrimination’ at SFMTA persists

San Diego Union Tribune

Up to $1,500 off: California rolls out a new incentive program for clean cars

San Jose Spotlight

VTA postpones Santa Clara County cuts to service for next year

San Jose Inside

Bay Area Public Transit Agencies Struggle to Survive the Economic Toll of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Phys

Pandemic has surprising impacts on public transit demand

Petaluma Argus Courier

New Petaluma Corona Station plans unveiled

Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley extends interim housing ordinance

Sacramento Bee

California lost $2.7 billion it could have spent on affordable housing, audit says

East Bay Times

East Bay city to help residents with rents, mortgages

San Francisco Chronicle

Large ocean animals commonly eat plastic waste, report finds

San Francisco Chronicle

First rain of season unveils a new pollution problem: masks and gloves — pandemic PPE

San Francisco Examiner

Regional planners back off from mandatory telecommute goal

San Francisco Examiner

Supervisors decry lack of local oversight over unmanned vehicles

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA to focus next wave of Slow Streets on ‘historically underserved’ neighborhoods

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. transit agency grapples with ‘history of racism’: Black staff disproportionately disciplined

Press Democrat

Sonoma County airport’s $31 million terminal expansion project begins

Press Democrat

Sonoma County supervisors postpone Golden Gate Bridge appointment

San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area home prices hit another record and sales surged in October, defying seasonal slowdown

San Francisco Chronicle

How do you get a luxury apartment in Oakland for $350 a month? Become a teacher

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland’s Moms 4 Housing mark movement’s anniversary with march to foreclosure auction

NBC Bay Area

‘Moms 4 Housing' Taking Next Steps to Tackle Housing Affordability

Press Democrat

Townhome boom emerges in Santa Rosa as needed affordable option

Mercury News

Palo Alto: Council says plan to build more than 10,000 homes by 2030 is ‘impossible’

San Francisco Examiner

Construction begins on 140-unit Mission Bay building for the formerly homeless

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County moves forward with airport closure, plans to repurpose land

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland’s new waterfront park is a startling remake of a derelict pier

Petaluma Argus Courier

After Petaluma River dredging, cleanup begins

Capital Public Radio

We May Have A Colder Winter, But Experts Say The Climate Is Still Warming

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F’s beloved Great Highway car closure at risk as drivers race through Sunset’s quiet streets

San Francisco Chronicle

BART avoids station closures, weekend shutdowns but could lose up to 40% of staff

Mercury News

Don’t cheat us again’: Officials outraged as VTA plans to slash road repair funding to pay for BART extension

Press Democrat

Amid layoffs, Golden Gate Bridge leadership comes into sharp focus in Sonoma County

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose to study how Google project might benefit residents

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