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Cal Matters

California’s worsening wildfires, explained

San Francisco Chronicle

Is public transit safe? Bay Area agencies push masks, cleaning, sanitation

San Francisco Examiner

Transit leaders release safety plan in bid to regain public trust

KTVU

Bay Area’s public transit agencies say they’re safe in the COVID era

Mass Transit

Bay area transit agencies release joint plan to bolster trust in transit

San Francisco Chronicle

Uber and Lyft ride-hailing shutdown in California: What you need to know

Mercury News

You think your highway is scary? Have you driven 17 lately? Roadshow

Mass Transit

Santa Clara VTA finds new ways to engage older adults

San Francisco Chronicle

Renters desperate for help from a Legislature adjourning in 8 days

Cal Matters

The tough questions pushing California to an eviction cliff

San Francisco Examiner

New housing goals spark debate over market-rate development

Associated Press

Science Says: People stoking brew that makes California burn

Local News Matters

Marin County moves to block oil and gas exploration facilities without voter OK

Mercury News

Why do they let bridge toll scofflaws get away with this? Roadshow

San Francisco Examiner

Muni ‘improvements’ could make things harder for seniors, disabled

Mass Transit

The New Passenger Experience: In a COVID-19 World, Communicating about Cleanliness is Key

Local News Matters

Staying safe(ish) on AC Transit: Riding the bus during ‘new normal’ in COVID-19 climate

San Francisco Chronicle

Policing debates, more than vanished ridership, could shape BART board elections

San Francisco Chronicle

SF tenants seeing one benefit of lockdown — landlords willing to reduce rent

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael commission mulls overhaul of affordable housing policy

Capital Radio

‘There Is No Redo On This’: Eviction Crisis Looms As Lawmakers’ Timeline Dwindles

San Francisco Chronicle

Wildfire smoke chokes Bay Area, with air quality ‘very poor for the foreseeable future’

San Francisco Chronicle

Air Quality Tracker

Mercury News

Smoke map: Find air quality index in your Bay Area city

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: The five automakers joining California on the right side of history

Los Angeles Daily News

Consumer group fears California’s recycling network is in danger of collapse

San Francisco Chronicle

Solar energy feeling the heat as Bay Area faces blackouts

Mercury News

Highway 101 sign is a problem but not the whole problem: Roadshow

New York Times

Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California

Silicon Valley Business Journal

Feds come through with more Caltrain aid that was promised last spring

Reuters

Asian cities virus-proof public transit with smart shelters, thermal scanners

San Francisco Chronicle

SF’s housing market is weakening as some suburbs see ‘crazy heated insanity’

Mercury News

Tech giant Amazon buys big chunks of Gilroy farmland

Press Democrat

Sonoma County supervisors to consider temporary cap on vacation home rentals

San Francisco Examiner

Construction disruptive to tenants may be barred under emergency legislation

Sacramento Bee

Rental assistance and tiny homes: Sacramento outlines $62 million homeless spending plan

Los Angeles Daily News

Some California cities think they’re safe from sea level rise. They’re not, new data show

Cal Matters

Five automakers finalize deal with California to clean up car emissions

New York Times

‘We’re Desperate’: Transit Cuts Felt Deepest in Low-Income Areas

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: Don’t let the coronavirus destroy public transit too

Politico

The nation’s biggest public transit system is facing ruin. Will Congress save it?

Mass Transit

SANDAG unveils $177-billion regional transportation plan

Mercury News

The Bay Area highways that are scary for conservative drivers: Roadshow

Mercury News

The mask warning on freeway signs is ‘ridiculous’: Roadshow

Forbes

Coronavirus In Denmark: Face Masks Required On All Public Transit

New York Times

The Black Lives Next Door

San Francisco Chronicle

The 2020 San Francisco exodus is real, and historic, report shows

Fairfield Daily Republic

Fairfield council set to review emergency Covid-19 shelter plan for homeless

Associated Press

Coronavirus hasn’t devastated the homeless as many feared

New York Times

Here's What Extreme Heat Looks Like: Profoundly Unequal

San Francisco Chronicle

Humpbacks appearing in droves off SF coast

Local News Matters

Marine biologists alarmed over spate of animal entanglements

Local News Matters

Phillips’ Rodeo refinery will transition to renewable fuel production

New York Times

Trump Administration Finalizes Plan to Open Arctic Refuge to Drilling

Washington Post

Another victim of the coronavirus: Cash tolls

Bloomberg

Mass Transit's Role in Racial Justice (Podcast)

Mercury News

Terrible’ Highway 84 will get some fixes, but a truck ban isn’t one of them: Roadshow

Fairfield Daily Republic

Next stage of I-80/I-680/Highway 12 project fully funded

Vacaville Reporter

Funding for second phase of I-80/680/Route 12 interchange approved

San Francisco Examiner

Protected bike lane, safety measures proposed for dangerous stretch of Folsom Street

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