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Headlines for March 6, 2023

Daily Cal

Metropolitan Transportation Commission invites public feedback
KTVU

San Francisco Muni faces 'fiscal cliff'
Fortune

There’s a silver-bullet solution to big cities’ remote work and transit crises, says author of ‘The Great American Transit Disaster’
Next City

An Obscure Rule About Bus Stops Can Make Riding At Night Safer
North Bay Business Journal

San Francisco Bay Ferry plans rate hikes starting in July
San Francisco Chronicle

For a few glorious years, S.F. citizens traveled by gondola. It ended badly
San Francisco Chronicle

A $200 million bike bridge tantalized this Bay Area city. It may never get built
San Francisco Examiner

SFO's AirTrain, once North America's largest people mover, turns 20
Mercury News

Talk of razing Interstate 980 in Oakland strikes chord with reader: Roadshow
Bloomberg

Federal Grants Aim to Reconnect Communities Divided by Highways
Napa Valley Register

Napa makes progress on housing
San Francisco Examiner

‘Excuse after excuse’: Black and Latino developers face barriers to success
East Bay Times

California has nearly 100 new housing laws. Are they fixing the affordability crisis?
NBC Bay Area

Bay Area's Affordable Housing Crisis Widens as Rent Prices Spike
San Mateo Daily Journal

Belmont OKs loan for affordable housing
Petaluma Argus-Courier

62-unit condo project slated for Casa Grande Road
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma Highway developer tries for 64 apartments, city sticks to 50
San Francisco Chronicle

Amazon to shutter its cashier-less Go convenience stores in S.F.
San Francisco Chronicle

Atmospheric river in the Bay Area this weekend? A couple weather models are trending that way
Local News Matters

That sales receipt could kill you — here’s a plan to banish those pesky paper printouts
San Francisco Examiner

How happy is San Francisco?

Headlines for March 3, 2023

Napa Valley Register

Hearing dates for Napa traffic calming measures set
The Oaklandside

Road safety group wants $20 million moved from police to transportation department budget
San Francisco Examiner

Understanding the New California Jaywalking Law
Reason

How To Save American Mass Transit
San Mateo Daily Journal

Express lane tolling from Redwood City to South San Francisco begins
NBC Bay Area

Highway 101 Toll-Based Express Lanes Begin Charging on the Peninsula
KPIX

Express lanes open on U.S. Highway 101 along Peninsula
KTVU

Drivers can bypass Peninsula congestion - at a cost
San Francisco Standard

Can an Express Bus Revive Struggling Downtown San Francisco?
KTVU

Muni exhibit is love letter to San Francisco's working class
Mercury News

Kudos to Caltrans for following up on driver’s complaint: Roadshow
San Jose Spotlight

Mallon: State budget cut threatens transit in Silicon Valley
Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley planning board clears housing element
Fairfield Daily Republic

Need for workforce housing may push Solano County into bigger development role
Pleasanton Weekly

Housing Elements in the Tri-Valley
San Francisco Chronicle

Salesforce seeks to cut office space at Salesforce Tower after mass layoff
Mercury News

Bay Area layoffs worsen: Rivian Auto, Impossible Foods chop hundreds
Mercury News

Amazon pauses construction on second headquarters in Virginia as it cuts jobs
San Francisco Chronicle

Stunning photos show Yosemite National Park under 15 feet of snow
San Francisco Chronicle

Gavin Newsom is talking tough on CEQA. Let’s see some action

Headlines for March 2, 2023

San Francisco Standard

If Downtown SF is dead, why is traffic so bad?
San Francisco Standard

Pulling the Plug on the Bay Bridge’s Light Installation
San Francisco Chronicle

How Teslas and other major EVs perform on a California road trip
East Bay Times

E-bikes are an environmental dream — except out in nature
Mercury News

Oakland airport passenger traffic shows steady rebound from coronavirus woes
Mercury News

With just 2 cameras, a Texas city controlled traffic at many intersections: Roadshow
Napa Valley Register

First buffered bike lane coming to Napa
San Jose Spotlight

Deadly San Jose road to get makeover
Bloomberg

Gen Z’s Turn Against Driving Is a Mirage
Fairfield Daily Republic

Need for workforce housing may push Solano County into bigger development role
Berkeleyside

After initial rejection, state approves Berkeley’s housing plan
San Mateo Daily Journal

San Carlos pushes affordable housing proposal forward
Mercury News

New bill aims to convert offices to housing. Here’s where that could happen in the Bay Area
Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael still lagging on prior housing quota
Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Push to retain zoning restrictions in Marin housing market is having little impact
San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s how far S.F.’s economy fell during the pandemic, compared to other U.S. metro areas
San Francisco Examiner

Don't believe tech workers are back in SF? Check Salesforce's sewers
Mercury News

Zoom chops nearly 200 jobs in Bay Area as tech layoffs mount
San Francisco Chronicle

In stunning improvement, half of California now out of drought
San Francisco Chronicle

Despite the recent rains, California’s longstanding drought has taken a severe toll on the population of king salmon along the Pacific Coast
Mercury News

Bobcat spotted using Highway 17 wildlife crossing hours after it opens
Cal Matters

California Keeps Sending Toxic Soil to Out-of-State Landfills — Newsom and Legislators Are Slow to Change Course

Headlines for March 1, 2023

San Francisco Chronicle

BART’s second Transbay Tube could get quashed as planners scale back megaproject
East Bay Times

East Bay lawmaker blasts ‘open sore’ at BART, resigns from Senate committee
San Francisco Examiner

Thousands of potholes have appeared in SF, thanks to storms
Cal Matters

How much should California spend to build up public transit?
SF Gate

Construction of Brightline bullet train from SoCal to Vegas set to begin
Mercury News

Roadshow: Is defacing license plates to fool toll camera readers on the rise in Bay Area?
Cal Matters

Undoing the past: Lawmakers seek to mend California neighborhoods sliced by highways
Cal Matters

Jump-starting electric car batteries: Will supply problems stall California’s mandate?
SF Gate

Coit Tower, one of SF’s most iconic landmarks, once had residents
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco is at its most ‘unaffordable’ point in at least a decade. Here’s what that means
Marin Independent Journal

Golden Gate Village residents to benefit from $2 million fund
NBC Bay Area

A Closer Look: Bay Area's Economic Outlook
Mercury News

Tech, restaurant, logistics layoffs trigger more than 300 Bay Area job cuts
SF Gate

‘Storm door’ will likely remain wide open in the Bay Area this March
Mercury News

Editorial: Gov. Newsom takes page out of Trump’s water playbook
Marin Independent Journal

Marin environmental groups seek redo of Sausalito school creek plan
San Francisco Chronicle

Yosemite breaks snow record; park closed indefinitely
Local News Matters

Regional park district to preserve 768-acre ranch site near Mount Diablo as open space

Headlines for February 28, 2023

Mercury News

Smashed minivan adds to San Jose neighborhood’s frustration, concerns about safety: Roadshow
San Francisco Examiner

Great Highway closes amid windy weather
San Mateo Daily Journal

San Francisco International Airport receives $31 million Grant
Mercury News

Editorial: Bay Area transit agencies need to reform before seeking new taxes
Governing

City Transit Systems Begin to Peer Over the Fiscal Cliff
East Bay Times

Would dismantling Interstate 980 repair damage to Black neighborhoods?
San Francisco Chronicle

The number of BART's canceled trains nearly tripled in 2022. Here's why
SF Gate

Why construction stopped on a San Francisco skyscraper
San Francisco Chronicle

This California Assembly bill could pay developers to convert office buildings into housing
Marin Independent Journal

Housing plan near San Quentin clears environmental study
San Francisco Examiner

SF places fifth in cities where having a roommate saves the most, study says
SF Gate

At least 200 employees laid off at Elon Musk's Twitter over the weekend
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. companies pay the highest taxes in the Bay Area. For some, it might not matter
San Francisco Chronicle

Is California’s drought finally over? Here’s the impact of the latest storms
Mercury News

Bay Area Storm: Wet weather expected to continue through Tuesday night as temperatures drop
KQED

The Bay Could Soon Have Its First Region-Wide Sea Level Rise Plan. But Who Would Enforce It?
San Francisco Examiner

On with the wind: These floating 'farms' key to state's clean energy future

Headlines for February 27, 2023

San Francisco Chronicle

There’s one Bay Area transit agency not facing a ‘fiscal cliff,’ and it’s poised to expand
KPIX

Caltrans looks at 980
Press Democrat

Transportation projects across Sonoma County receive $67 million in funding
Mercury News

Is there a different reason for debris problem on 101 that can’t be swept away? Roadshow
Napa Valley Register

Napa looks at parking meters
San Francisco Examiner

Major changes, rapid line contemplated by Muni for 29 Sunset
Government Technology

Does High-Speed Rail Really Meet U.S. Transportation Needs?
Marin Independent Journal

Marin resident appointed to lead Bay Area’s top transportation agency
Sacramento Bee

Funding cuts, ridership dips, a ‘fiscal cliff’: What’s happening with California public transit?
Mercury News

Editorial: Bay Area transit agencies need to reform before seeking new taxes
San Francisco Standard

Homeless crisis on BART
San Francisco Chronicle

These downtown S.F. office buildings could yield thousands of housing units
East Bay Times

A Dublin divided: Growing pains in California’s fastest-growing city
Bloomberg

More Than 4,000 Households Will Remember Jimmy Carter's Habitat for Humanity Legacy
San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s how many office workers downtown San Francisco lost during the pandemic
Mercury News

Twitter cuts more engineering, product jobs to curb costs
Mercury News

Why are California shoppers skittish with spending?
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Extremely dangerous’ blizzard to pummel Sierra. Here are the impacts and timing
San Francisco Chronicle

Thinking about switching out your gas stove? Here’s what you need to know
New York Times

The Salton Sea, an Accident of History, Faces a New Water Crisis

Headlines for February 24, 2023

Railway Age

People News: SLSI, Cummins, MTC
Wall Street Journal

California Mass Transit Hopes for Bailout in Already Tight Budget
Mercury News

What are your wishes for improving traffic? Readers share theirs: Roadshow
Berkeleyside

How did the Hopkins Street bike lane project turn into a ‘culture war’?
Bloomberg

When Suburbs Go to War With Transit
Smart Cities

States could help struggling transit agencies close their budget gaps: report
San Francisco Standard

SF Nonprofit Wants to Permanently Close Tenderloin Street for a ‘Green Oasis’
Wall Street Journal

Despite Tech Layoffs and Housing Slowdown, San Francisco’s Real-Estate Market Creeps Back to Life
Gilroy Dispatch

State: Revisions needed on Gilroy’s housing blueprint
KPIX

Here's how much home values fell in 2022
SF Gate

I was laid off from Twitter. Then I had to say goodbye to San Francisco.
San Francisco Chronicle

Major office landlord defaults on $1.7 billion in loans tied to two S.F. buildings
Mercury News

Nearly 600 more tech, life science job cuts rattle Bay Area economy
San Francisco Chronicle

Rare snowfall lands in the Bay Area at low elevations amid unusual winter storm
Marin Independent Journal

Corte Madera takes closer look at single-use foodware ban

Headlines for February 23, 2023

Slate

The real reason it costs so much to build new subways in America.
East Bay Times

BART more than doubling police presence on trains. Will riders come back?
Mercury News

Watch out for broken pavement and flying rocks after rain damage: Roadshow
San Francisco Examiner

How will this week's winter storm impact Bay Area ferries?
Mercury News

Editorial: California should cut its losses on high-speed rail
The Oaklandside

Bay Area cyclists organize solidarity ride following violent car attacks
KQED

The Night That Changed San Francisco Cycling Forever
San Mateo Daily Journal

New ferry service heads to South San Francisco
Marin Independent Journal

Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry aims to become state’s first electric short-run ferry
San Francisco Examiner

SF racial homeownership gap wider than after Great Recession, data shows
Planetizen

Lawsuits Follow Housing Plan Failures in the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle

Here’s the S.F. ZIP code where home prices have declined the most since July
San Francisco Chronicle

Opponents have a unique way of slowing housing in San Francisco. One state legislator wants to change that
Mercury News

State signs off on Oakland’s plan to add 26,000 new homes
Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: State driving push to get anchor-outs off Richardson Bay, into safe housing
Vacaville Reporter

Vanden Cove gets nod from Vacaville Planning Commission
San Jose Spotlight

UPDATE: Senior housing tower heads to San Jose City Council
San Francisco Chronicle

Despite Elon Musk's California criticism, Tesla says its second HQ will reside in Palo Alto
East Bay Times

Tesla will base engineering HQ in Palo Alto at former H-P site
East Bay Times

Kaiser will shift more than 1,000 Oakland workers to Pleasanton campus
SF Gate

The first gray whale of the year has been spotted in the San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Chronicle

Wind, rain, lightning and snow: Here’s all the unusual weather on tap for the Bay Area today
Local News Matters

Sonoma County is sweet on honeybee hives as supes sign lease agreement on vacant plot
Cal Matters

Water board waives Delta rules that protect salmon

Headlines for February 22, 2023

Mercury News

Don’t hold your breath … toll lanes unlikely in Bay Area tunnels: Roadshow
Mercury News

A Silicon Valley lawyer kept this vanity license plate for 50 years. Now he wants to sell it for $2 million.
San Francisco Examiner

Why outspoken SF supe says he won't miss 'consistently irresponsible' Bird
SF Gate

Bay Area housing market slowest it's been in more than a decade
Mercury News

State gives $42.8 million to three San Mateo County affordable housing projects
SF Gate

How Red Rock Island became the only privately owned island in San Francisco Bay
Mercury News

Google nears end of first demolitions for downtown San Jose village
San Mateo Daily Journal

Foster City Planning Commission wants more housing
East Bay Times

Hundreds more tech, life science layoffs jolt East Bay, San Francisco
East Bay Times

Hundreds more tech, life science layoffs jolt East Bay, San Francisco
Mercury News

Discount retailer Tuesday Morning files for bankruptcy, will close San Jose and 30 other California stores
San Francisco Chronicle

California is bracing for back-to-back winter storms. These are the biggest impacts

Headlines for February 21, 2023

Local News Matters

State senators form select committee to support Bay Area public transit
Berkeleyside

Low-income Berkeley residents can apply now for a free e-bike
San Francisco Chronicle

The Central Subway’s first ridership numbers are in, and they’re tepid
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s iconic Ferry Building is about to go under wraps. Here’s why
Local News Matters

Making waves: Angel Island Ferry will become first in state to convert to all-electric service
Mercury News

Finally, relief … Camp Roberts rest stops to reopen in April: Roadshow
Mercury News

From the Bay Area to Cape Cod, reader shares road trip observations: Roadshow
San Mateo Daily Journal

E-bikes coming to Millbrae and Burlingame
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose’s low-budget airline could boost tourism
Bloomberg

To Build a Healthier City, Begin at the Sidewalk
CNBC

How an autonomous train-bus hybrid could transform city transit
San Francisco Chronicle

This Bay Area county wants to put low-income housing next to a toxic dump
Local News Matters

‘Urban renewal’ revisited: Bill would replace SF homes lost to decades of redevelopment
Marin Independent Journal

Marin homeowners seize on split-lot housing law
San Mateo Daily Journal

New affordable housing coming soon to Belmont
San Francisco Chronicle

About 3,900 San Francisco buildings are made in the same way as Turkish ones flattened in the earthquake
The Oaklandside

State approves Oakland’s Housing Element
San Francisco Examiner

Opinion: San Francisco’s convention business is roaring back to life
East Bay Times

LinkedIn cuts scores of Bay Area jobs in new round of tech layoffs
Mercury News

Silicon Valley tech layoffs: Why so many jobs were slashed, and who’s hiring amid fierce competition?
San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area to see coldest temperatures of the season as region braces for back-to-back winter storms
Marin Independent Journal

Marin surveyors find few salmon, steelhead eggs after storms