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KQED

How San Diego Fueled California’s Gas Tax Repeal Effort

Capital Public Radio

Proposition 6: The Fight Over Last Year’s California Gas Tax Hike

East Bay Times

San Leandro extends ban on short-term rentals

Marin Independent Journal

Enforcing short-term rental bans can be a ‘cat-and-mouse game’ in Marin County, officials say

East Bay Times

Jerry Brown signs bill to give California renters facing eviction some relief

Mercury News

San Jose tops list for least affordable metro in U.S.

San Francisco Examiner

Chinatown public housing complex celebrates makeover

Hoodline

Plans for 8-story Mission development move forward after laundromat's appeal defeated

San Francisco Chronicle

The Big One will hit - San Francisco could be devastated despite seismic preparations

Curbed

Waiting for the next big one: Bay Area cities participate in emergency shelter exercises

Sacramento Bee

California’s 2018 wildfire costs so far: At least $845 million

Berkeleyside

End of an era: Berkeley’s Pacific Steel Casting shuts down after 84 years

San Francisco Chronicle

Ride a vintage, 1896-built streetcar at this weekend's Muni Heritage event

Mercury News

More ways to lower Caltrain ticket costs: Roadshow

East Bay Times

Plan to guide growth in Walnut Creek’s West Downtown area finally approved

Berkeleyside

Berkeley rejects SB35 application for Spenger’s lot development, again

San Francisco Examiner

2018 is a big year for affordable housing measures

San Francisco Chronicle

Brown signs bill giving California tenants more time to fight evictions

CALmatters

Californians still really like Prop. 13—except for the big parts they don’t like

Curbed

UC Berkeley professor blames rent control for California’s housing shortage

San Francisco Chronicle

Sinking Millennium Tower’s window cracks, San Francisco seeks answers about safety

KQED

Petalumans Fundraise to Block City’s First Public Art Commission

Wired

3 DIRE VISIONS OF THE BAY AREA IN 2070—AND 1 THAT'S PRETTY GREAT

San Francisco Chronicle

New NextMuni bus update system en route to replace obsolete technology

Mercury News

I hit this bump on a San Jose freeway, and it destroyed my car

Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Hwy. 101 widening work progresses, but funding imperiled

Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano commission to consider proposed overlay district linked to Fairfield Train Station improvement plans

San Francisco Examiner

Muni to upgrade decades old ‘NextBus’ prediction technology

Los Angeles Times

L.A. approves rules for thousands of scooters, with a 15-mph speed limit and aid for low-income riders

Wall Street Journal

Self-Driving Technology Threatens Nearly 300,000 Trucking Jobs, Report Says

San Francisco Chronicle

From empty lots to buzzing neighborhood: See how Hayes Valley has transformed over a decade

East Bay Times

Anxious tenants face more Bay Area rent increases

Mercury News

Alternative to Sand Hill’s SB 35 compliant plan for Vallco greenlit

Mercury News

Berkeley rejects controversial project that sought fast-track under new state law

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael Canal area landlords, tenants strike deal on rent hikes

Napa Valley Register

Land Trust of Napa County acquires 1,910-acre preserve near Lake Berryessa

Napa Valley Register

City planners to weigh in on makeover of Napa’s Cinedome site

Berkeleyside

Developers drop controversial Fourth Street project, hand it over to owners

Capital Public Radio

Rent Control Could Change Dramatically As Millions Of Dollars Pour Into Proposition 10 Debate

San Francisco Chronicle

SF mayor sets aggressive goal to shrink city's carbon footprint to net zero by 2050

Marin Independent Journal

Marin climate change events to coincide with San Francisco summit

Marin Independent Journal

‘Sitting ducks’: Marin among riskiest wildfire zones in region

San Francisco Examiner

Contracts give San Francisco power to make a big climate impact

San Francisco Chronicle

As San Francisco banned scooter use, Oakland embraced the two-wheelers

San Francisco Chronicle

SF scooter permit process questioned by transit commissioner, operator

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni better than it used to be, but not as good as it should be

San Francisco Chronicle

SF Mayor Breed picks new commissioner for troubled transit agency

San Francisco Chronicle

Interactive maps show where streetcars used to go in San Francisco, Oakland

East Bay Times

What you actually pay on each gallon of gas

East Bay Times

Editorial: To preserve funds for roads, transit, vote no on Prop. 6

East Bay Times

PRO/CON: Should voters repeal Brown’s gas tax increase?

Mercury News

Will your commute route get this smooth makeover?

Mercury News

To get behind wheel in Munich can cost $900: Roadshow

Mercury News

Caltrain station delays may improve: Roadshow

Mercury News

DMV won’t accept credit cards: Roadshow

Napa Valley Register

Are you ready? An autonomous vehicle shuttle proposed for downtown Napa

CBS

BART Official Urges Action to Fix Slow East Bay Paratransit Service

New York Times

Where Yellow Cabs Didn’t Go, Green Cabs Were Supposed to Thrive. Then Came Uber.

San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: Mayor Breed shows she's fed up with housing delays

San Francisco Chronicle

All the terms you need to know to understand the housing crisis

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