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Press Democrat

Magnitude 3.9 quake strikes northern Sonoma County

San Francisco Chronicle

Trucks could return to this Bay Area highway after a 74-year ban. People aren’t happy

KQED

Bay Area Airports Brace for Record-Breaking Travel Numbers This Holiday Season

Mercury News

BART commute struggles continue; Red Line and Green Line closed

Richmond Standard

BART’s sweater drop comes with festive celebration

Marin Independent Journal

North Bay transit tap-and-ride payment set to launch

Mercury News

Antioch Amtrak station to be decommissioned despite safety, beautification upgrades by city

Marin Independent Journal

Road condition report hails Larkspur, pans Fairfax

Sonoma Index-Tribune

Pavement report finds Sonoma and Napa roads improving, but still among worst in Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle

Why do cars keep crashing into one part of the Golden Gate Bridge?

Fairfield Daily Republic

Express Lanes, their tolls coming in mid-December

San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo to expand service into Wine Country in one of California’s largest robotaxi rollouts

San Francisco Standard

They thought they bought a home. They ended up with ‘Dirt Alley’

KGO-TV

Too good to be true? SFMTA scales back on affordable housing, transit project

San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County to lose millions in funding for permanent housing

San Jose Spotlight

San Jose safe parking site finds housing for homeless residents

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito bayfront interests throw cold water on sea level plan

Local News Matters

Restoration ecologists wage quiet battle for biodiversity on SF’s Yerba Buena Island

San Francisco Chronicle

A dramatic stretch of desert is being proposed as California’s next national monument

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco secures $40 million for 24 new Muni buses

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. to install new infrastructure to slow cars on 141 city streets

San Francisco Chronicle

Can you get cash or refunds for flight delays? As Trump admin scraps a proposal, here are the rules

Planetizen

Trump Administration Wants to End Weekly Transit Data Reporting

Fairfield Daily Republic

City shares plans, timeline for Markeley Lane reconnection

Fresno Bee

High-Speed Rail delays in Merced, Central Valley cost some as agency pushes to Gilroy

KQED

Things to Do on a Layover at San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco Chronicle

Safeway long resisted building housing in S.F. Here’s why it’s now racing to create 2,700 units

Press Democrat

$4.2 million in Sonoma County homeless housing fund threatened under Trump policies

Local News Matters

Berkeley eyes stiffer landmark rules to curb frivolous attempts to thwart more housing

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito council hears fury of Measure K opponents

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo OKs modest tenant protection plan

Mercury News

Downtown San Jose group picks leader at key time for city economy

San Francisco Chronicle

Nvidia leases first San Francisco office as earnings soar

San Francisco Chronicle

Tech titan Anthropic in discussions to take over entire building in downtown S.F.

Mercury News

Trump releases plan to open California coastline to new offshore oil drilling

Associated Press

Trump administration announces plan for new oil drilling off the coasts of California and Florida

Knee Deep Times

Volunteers Catch and Release Tiny Owls For Science

San Francisco Chronicle

The cost to drive in I-80’s new toll lanes in Solano County will be dictated by an algorithm

San Francisco Chronicle

Huge repaving project in S.F. could snarl traffic on major thoroughfare

KQED

After Years of Parking Violations, SF is Stepping Up Enforcement in Transit-Only Lanes

San Francisco Chronicle

California kills program that offered up to $2,000 for new e-bikes despite huge popularity

San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco has a new font. It was inspired by an old Muni streetcar

New York Times

The Housing Strategy That Has California NIMBYs in a Corner

San Francisco Chronicle

Affluent S.F. neighborhood targeted as developer plans to turn Safeways into housing

San Francisco Standard

Panicked over rezoning? SF officials say don’t worry — nothing is getting built anyway

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael board approves apartment projects, including 13-story building

Fairfield Daily Republic

Vista Ridge vote comes with tense moments, long wait

Press Democrat

A new downtown in four years? Rohnert Park approves plan to bring ‘missing heart’ to city

Marin Independent Journal

Novato relaunches grant program for downtown businesses

Fairfield Daily Republic

New Fairfield program focuses on retention, expansion of existing businesses

Knee Deep Times

How Cities Can Make AI Infrastructure Green

San Francisco Chronicle

Major S.F. Bay environmental cleanup begins near Fisherman’s Wharf

SFMTA

Podcast: Holiday Traditions Wrapped in Gratitude

Bloomberg

High Court Emergency Docket Hangs Over California Rail Suit

New York Times

Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.

San Francisco Chronicle

8 in 10 Bay Area homes have lost value in the last year. Here’s why that might not help buyers

San Francisco Examiner

San Francisco’s controversial upzoning plan for housing nears finish line

San Francisco Chronicle

Safeway near S.F.’s Ocean Beach faces short-term closure; developer plans housing complex

Berkeleyside

Developers have found way to bypass Berkeley’s labor standards for housing construction

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo County buys property for affordable housing

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