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Headlines for October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019 By Library

A vintage color photo from 1973 shows Seventh Street with a green trolley car on the left, construction in the road, and 2 pedestrians.

Sites of the shaking: 1989 and 2019 [San Francisco Chronicle]
Towers in earthquake country — designers say the new ones are safe to their core [San Francisco Chronicle]
4.5 quake in Pleasant Hill felt throughout Bay Area [San Francisco Chronicle]
4.5 earthquake shakes Bay Area Monday night [San Francisco Chronicle]
Tiny Homes: A Movement Or A Solution To Homelessness? [KPIX Project Home]

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Transportation

Here they come again: scooter alert!

October 14, 2019 By Mark Prado

Mark Prado

Beginning Tuesday, more scooters are expected to be rolling around the streets of San Francisco as new permitting takes effect. Read More

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Headlines for October 14, 2019

October 14, 2019 By Library

The Bay Bridge is illuminated against the night sky as lightning strikes overhead.

As Bay Area recovers from PG&E power shutoff, many ask: ‘Was this necessary’? [Mercury News]
Smoking banned on all California state beaches and state parks [Mercury News]
Bay Area ‘Day of the Girl’ celebration offers advice, encouragement to girls [Mercury News]
Three Bay Area cities considered most diverse in the U.S. [Mercury News]
Teachers and students push for climate change education in California [Mercury News]

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Environment

Bay Trail contest winner gets "lost in the actual beauty of the Bay”

October 11, 2019

Instagram user and "Share Your 30” contest winner Maxwell Corleone with his son at the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center.

Maxwell Corleone of Hayward first explored the San Francisco Bay Trail through a middle school science club biking from the San Leandro Marina to the Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center without ever needing to go on a street. Read More

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Headlines for October 11, 2019

October 11, 2019 By Library

39 seagulls perch on shallow water of a bay, and one flies with an extended wingspan. The water is the same light-orange-beige color as the sky above.

‘Pop-ups’ seek resident input for Bay Area through 2050 [Fairfield Daily Republic]
PG&E power outage: Who has been restored, who’s still out [Mercury News]
PG&E outages: Lights back on for 73% of Bay Area customers who lost power [San Francisco Chronicle]
PG&E shutdown latest: Over 300,000 customers still without power, restoration is underway [San Francisco Chronicle]
Pleasant Hill Gifts Land For Affordable Housing Project [Local News Matters]

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Transportation

Throwback Thursday: A bay without the bridge

October 10, 2019 By Mark Prado

It's hard to imagine the Bay Area without the Bay Bridge, but alas, such a world did exist before the 1930s. Read More

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Headlines for October 10, 2019

October 10, 2019 By Library

The front of a BART train and a sign that reads WELCOME TO WARM SPRINGS / SOUTH FREMONT, inside a BART station.

Tunnel vision: Caltrans had no plan for power outage at busy Caldecott [San Francisco Chronicle]
More work on Interstate 880 looming around bend: Roadshow [Mercury News]
Treat non-working traffic lights as a four-way stop: Roadshow [Mercury News]
BART looks to fill hundreds of jobs with recruitment, training programs in low-income communities [San Francisco Chronicle]
Teachers And Students Push For Climate Change Education [Local News Matters]

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Transportation

A free ride? SolTrans says yes!

October 9, 2019 By Mark Prado

Solano County's SolTrans is offering a month of free rides. Read More

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Headlines for October 9, 2019

October 9, 2019 By Library

Four bicyclists ride in the Fagan Marsh State Marine Park in Napa County.

Two Bay Area cities make the top 25 list of best places to start your career [Mercury News]
Shut-offs begin: First wave of PG&E blackouts affect 141,000 in Bay Area [San Francisco Chronicle]
PG&E power shut-offs begin: Nearly 150,000 Bay Area customers in the dark [San Francisco Chronicle]
Big San Jose apartment complex near Berryessa BART is bought by realty giant [Mercury News]
Check out the Outer Sunset’s first major condo development in years [Curbed SF]

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ABAG

Affordable Housing Boosted by BayREN Energy-Savings Program

October 8, 2019 By Mark Prado

Bay Area multifamily housing affordability issues have been eased for some through BayREN's multi-family energy rebate program – known as BAMBE. Read More

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Headlines for October 8, 2019

October 8, 2019 By Library

A vintage black-and-white photo from the 1930s shows the Bay Bridge under construction.

Californians not giving up trucks, SUVs — setting state up for failure on climate goals [Sacramento Bee]
Blunt warning says Californians must step up to meet climate goals [Cal Matters]
Exterminating mice with poison would protect rare seabirds on Farallones, study says [San Francisco Chronicle]
Wild pigs tearing up East Bay cities, community park [Mercury News]
PG&E may shut off power to nearly entire Bay Area [Curbed SF]

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Housing

Report: Bay Area rents sky high

October 7, 2019 By Mark Prado

Mark Prado

San Francisco apartments in the Sunset District.

A new report from RentCafe shows just how pricey the Bay Area is for renters. Read More

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Headlines for October 7, 2019

October 7, 2019 By Library

Image of freeway congestion in the vicinity of Danville, CA.

With California’s high power rates, will all-electric homes be affordable? [Mercury News]
Income inequality is on the rise in California. In some Bay Area counties, the disparities are extreme. [Mercury News]
Black people disproportionately homeless in California [Cal Matters]
Landlords say state rent caps may force them to raise rents more frequently [Los Angeles Times]
‘Place life over wealth’: Mountain View tenants rise up to save vanishing rent-controlled units [Mercury News]

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Events

Public input sought on Bay Area's future

October 4, 2019 By Mark Prado

Noah Berger

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) invite Bay Area residents to help shape the future of the region through 2050 by providing their input at a series of “Pop Up” events. Read More

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