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SF Chronicle

Owner of sixth-largest S.F. hotel surrenders it to lenders

SF Examiner

SF office market shows year-end signs of rebound

Mercury News

PG&E power bills will rise after utility secures approval for 6th rate hike in 2024

Mercury News

California nets large population increase in 2024 — nearly returning to pre-pandemic level

Mercury News

Toll Authority approves measure to further increase Bay Area bridge tolls starting in 2026

San Mateo Daily Journal

Bridge tolls heading to $11.50 in San Mateo County

SF Examiner

Tenderloin neighborhood advocates say Taylor Street widening ‘overdue’

East Bay Times

How did East Bay’s most dangerous highway see fatal crash numbers fall dramatically in 2024?

CalMatters

California’s lemon law is changing and car buyers have fewer protections in the new year

Berkeleyside

Berkeley zoning board approves 17-story apartment building at former United Artists Theater

Mercury News

Housing development to replace San Jose office building takes shape

SF Standard

Revealed: The anonymous donor behind $100M Market St. housing project

Sacramento Bee

Biden’s EPA approves California climate rules including ban on new gas car sales in 2035

CalMatters

New decisions boost California’s zero-emission vehicle mandate, but major hurdles remain

SF Chronicle

PG&E wins $15 billion loan from Biden administration to expand grid

SF Standard

Sacramento man sues over ‘discriminatory’ Bay Bridge lights, says they cause suicidal thoughts

Washington Post

Companies that mandate RTO see slower workforce growth, studies show

Fairfield Daily Republic

SF Bay Ferry makes history with 3-battery vessel purchases

East Bay Times

EPA grants California authority to ban sales of new gas cars by 2035. Action faces reversal by Trump

SF Chronicle

22-story development proposed on S.F. oceanfront — where a 50-story tower was previously pitched

SF Chronicle

S.F. gig staffing company to pay $1 million to settle claims it deprived workers of benefits

SF Chronicle

California’s fourth-largest home insurer to drop all condo, rental policies

Press Democrat

Sonoma County government has $60 million in building projects underway. Here’s a look

Marin IJ

Marin City housing developer files Tam Valley plan

SF Chronicle

California’s high-speed rail project may be in trouble — again

SF Chronicle

Daniel Lurie puts former Twitter executive in charge of revitalizing downtown S.F.

SF Chronicle

S.F.’s office vacancy drops for the first time in over four years

SF Examiner

SF landlords owe highest security-deposit interest rate in 15 years

Mercury News

Google pays San Jose advanced benefits as downtown village plan lags

East Bay Times

Phillips 66 to build 88-acre solar project on Contra Costa County site

CalMatters

Here’s how California plans to get millions of adults without college degrees into better jobs

LA Times

Salaries of $500,000 and up are ‘a dime a dozen’ in this California region, report says

SF Chronicle

Here’s what surprised scientists about California storm that spawned a tornado

LA Times

Supreme Court dismisses constitutional claim in California air pollution case

CalMatters

Walters: Can new state regulations resolve California’s existential insurance crisis?

PR Newswire

MTC, Transit Agencies Debut Bay Area's New Transit Maps and Signs

Marin IJ

Bay Area planners to poll residents on transportation tax

Marin IJ

Marin Transit approves $3.7M contract for bus lot with solar canopy

Marin IJ

Sausalito board backs plan for bike lanes, crosswalks

SF Examiner

Lurie mum on future SFMTA leader with Tumlin departing

SF Examiner

Great Highway inches closer to coastal park after state commission's vote

SF Examiner

Oakland appeals federal injunction of ‘San Francisco’ airport moniker

SF Chronicle

Fewer people are living together in the Bay Area — and it's driving up housing demand

Sf Chronicle

The Bay Area still has the highest cost of living in the U.S. But one region is catching up

Mercury News

California’s plan to stabilize its home insurance market is now law. Will it work?

SF Examiner

Population loss in SF earns dubious distinction nationally

Berkeleyside

City approves plan for North Berkeley BART housing

CalMatters

California lawmakers want to cut red tape to ramp up clean energy but rural communities push back

CalMatters

‘No way, not possible’: California has a plan for new water rules. Will it save salmon from extinction?

East Bay Times

California auto emissions case gets US Supreme Court review

KQED

The Ongoing Saga of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Bike Lane

San Francisco Chronicle

Controversial Muni transportation chief Jeffrey Tumlin stepping down

KQED

San Francisco Public Transit Boss Jeffrey Tumlin to Resign

SFMTA

Mobility for Everyone

San Francisco Standard

Great Highway park wins state approval

Mercury News

Walters: California’s housing crisis has gotten worse in last 30 years

Local News Matters

San Jose housing plan slashes affordable homes, leaving advocates disappointed

San Jose Spotlight

New luxury apartments could boost downtown San Jose

San Francisco Standard

Safeway blames shoplifting for closure. Guards say the store loses $7,000 a day to theft

Richmondside

Iconic Down Home Music expects to raise enough money to buy El Cerrito space

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