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San Francisco Chronicle

‘A salmon extinction plan’: How Trump’s executive orders on climate could impact California

San Francisco Chronicle

How Mayor Daniel Lurie plans to revive downtown S.F. amid retail exodus

KPIX

Pacifica community wondering how city will approach coastal erosion issue

Mercury News

Can President Trump rename the Gulf of Mexico as ‘the Gulf of America’ and Denali as ‘Mount McKinley?’

Marin Independent Journal

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge managers make arguments for modified bike path

Mass Transit

MTC partners with Bay Area transit providers to implement Regional Mapping and Wayfinding project

Daily Cal

BART coordinates schedules with other transit agencies in the “Big Sync”

Berkeleyside

Have views about Berkeley’s bike lanes? The city wants to hear from you

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Bruno tries to rectify its paid parking program

San Francisco Chronicle

Could robotaxis be yet another reason for S.F.’s lack of new housing?

Fairfield Daily Republic

UPDATED: Is Suisun City, California Forever making annexation deal?

Napa Valley Register

Neighbors criticize St. Helena housing project, but city's hands could be tied

San Francisco Examiner

Bloomingdale’s departing in yet another downtown mall blow

Mercury News

Thornberg: Silicon Valley, Bay Area status as nation’s tech center at risk

Berkeleyside

A metalsmith trained in Senegal will teach Black girls and women the craft in Berkeley

San Francisco Chronicle

Plunging temps prompt freeze warning for parts of the Bay Area as coldest air mass of 2025 arrives

Bay Nature

The Adder’s-Tongue—Our Fetid Friend in the Shadows

KQED

Can San Francisco Stop Traffic Violence? So Far, Efforts Are Failing

NBC Bay Area

BART to spend $4.3 million to deal with braking glitch on new fleet

San Francisco Examiner

Court rejects San Francisco’s Waymo challenge

San Francisco Chronicle

Did your car insurance just go up? A new California law might be why

San Mateo Daily Journal

Is ‘sustainable’ development pushing residents to drive more?

New Republic

New York’s Congestion Pricing Is Working. Now Comes the Real Test.

Mercury News

Santa Clara County is close to finalizing its housing element, but the delay could create long-term impacts

NBC Bay Area

Mortgage program in East Bay makes homeowning more achievable

San Jose Spotlight

Palo Alto teacher housing project passes the test

Bloomberg

In a City of Sprawl, Wildfire Evacuation Is Getting Harder

Local News Matters

The loneliness of remote work: Older adults most affected by the loss of social networks

Mercury News

What do Trump’s environmental rollbacks mean for California?

San Francisco Examiner

Port plan to improve SF flood resilience on track to head to Congress next

Marin Independent Journal

‘Environmental terrorism’: Point Reyes settlement roils agricultural community

Mercury News

California legislation would speed up light-rail, bus lane conversions, exempting them from environment review

Marin Independent Journal

Highway 37 project critics raise concerns about fairness

San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain’s Celebration Train commemorates Martin Luther King Jr Day

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. to unveil its most ambitious bicycle plan in years, targeting hundreds of routes for upgrades

San Francisco Examiner

SF traffic is second-slowest in US — and getting worse

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: BART’s Passenger Information System being updated

The Oaklandside

OUSD doesn’t offer school buses for most students. Elementary schools are seeing the consequences

Mercury News

San Ramon mixed-use neighborhood creates medical hub to speed housing

San Francisco Examiner

Rising SF office sales hint at commercial real-estate rebound

San Francisco Chronicle

Longtime market in heart of downtown San Mateo to close, with dozens of layoffs

San Francisco Examiner

SF green-tech startup cutting dozens of jobs again

Marin Independent Journal

Marin climate change risks assessed in ‘biosphere’ report

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara tackles gas emission reductions

KPIX

California prepares to fight to protect coast during second Trump presidency

San Francisco Examiner

$15M federal grant to help fund 300 EV chargers in SF

Local News Matters

BART safety project means no train this weekend between Walnut Creek, Concord

San Mateo Daily Journal

Bad news for Burlingame’s Broadway grade separation

Mercury News

Dublin begins planning controversial boulevard extension project

Vallejo Times-Herald

Caltrans discusses changes to Sears Point to Mare Island Improvement Project

Richmondside

What’s Up: Richmond gets $9M to make streets safer

San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco looks to boost housing after another year of slow growth

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‘Not enough builders’: How L.A. fires could squeeze Bay Area

Local News Matters

Berkeley tenants buy apartments: A story of Black ownership and affordable housing

Local News Matters

High-profile San Jose office building might convert to housing site

San Mateo Daily Journal

All-time high for San Mateo County’s median home prices in 2024

Cal Matters

Why California keeps putting homes where fires burn

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s economic ranking plummets in key report, marking ‘brutal wake-up call’

San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown S.F. office prices bottomed out in 2024. Here’s why that’s a good thing

San Francisco Chronicle

As Walgreens closes more Bay Area stores, CEO says ‘locking things up’ hurts sales

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