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Mercury News

Environment report out on new $1 billion dam proposed for Santa Clara County

New York Times

This High-Tech Solution to Disaster Response May Be Too Good to Be True

Curbed SF

San Francisco summers are getting hotter—and it’s dangerous

Mass Transit

Metropolitan Transportation Commission introduces emergency text alerts

Traffic Technology Today

San Francisco’s 511 traveler information service adds emergency text alerts

San Francisco Chronicle

Bus service to return to Transbay transit center after 10 months

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco data show safety improvements for Valencia Street cyclists

Mercury News

New lane on I-680 will be converted to an express lane: Roadshow

Mercury News

Google widens downtown San Jose holdings, scoops up another property

East Bay Times

Editorial: Why California Legislature should kill rent control bill

Napa Valley Register

Bond issue to pump millions of dollars into affordable Napa apartments

Sacramento Bee

The housing crisis has forced people to live in cars. Can we make it safe and legal?

San Francisco Examiner

Neighborhood groups push for 100 percent affordable housing at Excelsior site

Curbed SF

Excelsior residents to protest new apartments

Mercury News

Living expenses grew faster than wages in the Bay Area

Cal Matters

Tired of plastic junk? California’s recycling bills propose dramatic new rules

San Francisco Chronicle

New Point Reyes management plan riles up environmentalists — comment sought

Mercury News

What if I need REAL ID before my current license expires? Roadshow

Press Democrat

SMART says it faces multimillion-dollar deficits without sales-tax renewal

San Francisco Examiner

Lyft fined $200k for bike shortages, but may not need to pay

Curbed SF

UCSF creates calendar to warn about Chase Center traffic

San Francisco Chronicle

California threatens to sue if Apple’s hometown lags on housing

Mercury News

State threatens to sue Cupertino over housing policy

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: California makes it easier to built homeless shelters

Mercury News

Bay Area school first in California to offer free housing students

Mercury News

California housing crisis: Development fees unpredictable, stifle construction

Fairfield Daily Republic

Tiny Shelter site work to begin; county tells protesters they will be arrested

Sacramento Bee

Newsom steers $331 million to renters, homeowners after court says state misused funds

San Francisco Chronicle

Newsom puts $331 million from settlement into legal aid for housing

Los Angeles Times

Newsom backs effort to cap rent increases in California

Capitol Weekly

Developer, business interests crowd Trump housing council

Curbed SF

Excelsior residents to protest new apartments

San Francisco Chronicle

Oysters in peril as warming climate alters the water in their habitats

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni prepares for big crowds with expanded platform near Chase Center

San Francisco Examiner

Officials cut ribbon on new Muni platform for Warriors’ games — but they didn’t take the train to get there

San Francisco Chronicle

I took casual carpool and it made me sad

San Francisco Chronicle

Warriors game traffic is going to be so bad, it’s getting its own SF alert system

Mercury News

The ‘three-second rule’ blows up Mr. Roadshow’s email

Press Democrat

SMART to unveil key cost projections ahead of closely watched sales-tax decision

San Francisco Examiner

SFPD to conduct five-day traffic ticket blitz to enforce bicycle and pedestrian safety

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano-Napa industrial vacancy rate increase does not tell whole story

Curbed SF

State axes legal challenges for homeless navigation centers

KGO-TV

Bay Area Housing Crisis: Many Bay Area small towns caught between pro-housing advocates and residents who do not want change

San Francisco Chronicle

Huge recycler’s closure leaves Bay Area with few options

East Bay Times

California’s largest recycling center closes, shuttering 300 redemption sites

Marin Independent Journal

Study: Tomales Bay oyster habitat pinched by climate change

San Francisco Chronicle

Uber, Lyft impact on SF traffic may have doubled in two years

San Francisco Chronicle

BART to ditch paper tickets at 19th Street Station in Oakland

San Francisco Examiner

Federal monitor warns Caltrain electrification project faces two-year delay

Mercury News

Hillside repairs coming on slippery Highway 17: Roadshow

Tax Foundation

State Gasoline Tax Rates as of July 2019

Napa Valley Register

Motorists brace yourselves: Major detours coming to Napa's triple roundabout project

Patch

HOPR Bike Share Opens In Fremont

East Bay Times

Bay Area gentrification displacing communities of color

Mercury News

Key downtown San Jose housing towers head for new developers amid stumbles

Mercury News

Oakland landlords lose courtroom battle, after paying $6,500 to move back into their house

Bay City News

North Downtown Specific Plan Nearing Adoption

Mercury News

California’s largest recycling center business closes, shuttering 300 redemption centers

Curbed SF

Huge swaths of SF vulnerable to fire and earthquake disaster

KQED

July Was the Hottest Month Ever Recorded

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