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Headlines for December 1, 2025

KTVU

The man behind the viral Thanksgiving BART meal
San Francisco Chronicle

Muni ridership hit post-pandemic high in October, thanks to a popular music festival
Local News Matters

Lurie touts $40 million in federal funding to modernize Muni fleet with new hybrid buses
Press Democrat

Napa County’s Vine Transit to roll out 6 new hybrid buses
NBC Bay Area

BART police to boost patrols through the holiday season
Marin Independent Journal

Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll booths slated for removal
San Francisco Chronicle

California Highway 101 traffic is still a mess, despite upgrades. Could this new fix help?
Petaluma Argus-Courier

New ramp meters along Highway 101 in Sonoma and Marin counties to be activated Tuesday
San Francisco Standard

‘It’s going to be a disaster’: West-side residents dread yearlong 19th Avenue roadwork
Local News Matters

Caltrans to start yearlong 19th Avenue repaving project Monday
San Francisco Chronicle

California EV drivers could now get a $490 ticket if they break this new rule
San Francisco Chronicle

Kids on superfast e-bikes are alarming California. One Bay Area school district is cracking down
Marin Independent Journal

Novato prods parents on e-bike safety issues
Marin Independent Journal

Marin police detail challenges of e-bike enforcement
Berkeleyside

Waymo car service in Berkeley and Oakland approved by DMV
San Francisco Chronicle

Southwest dominates Oakland’s airport. What does the airline’s pullback mean for flyers?
San Francisco Chronicle

A lot of S.F. residents live alone. This map shows which neighborhoods have the smallest households
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Tech wealth effect’: Most Bay Area homes have lost value — except for one type
Mercury News

Third attempt to repeal Prop. 19’s tax burden on inherited property aims for 2026 ballot
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. offered $1 million tax break to companies moving offices downtown. No one has used it
San Francisco Standard

Inside a historic building — and a major San Francisco corridor — at a crossroads
Mercury News

Construction of buildings starts next year in Cupertino mall revamp
San Francisco Chronicle

New California law means a big change for grocery shoppers in 2026
San Francisco Chronicle

9 things that don’t belong in recycling bins in San Francisco
Mercury News

$20 million project to restore wildlife, expand trails and boost flood protection along San Francisco Bay nears finish
Richmond Standard

Help restore nature at Baxter Creek

Headlines for November 26, 2025

Marin Independent Journal

SMART supporters submit petition for tax renewal measure
Mercury News

California consumer confidence plunges to 5-year low
Local News Matters

Going somewhere? Bay Area transit agencies work to ease your way through busy holiday
Mercury News

This city has the smoothest roads in the Bay Area. Where does your city rank?
Vallejo Times-Herald

Construction begins on new Vallejo State Route 37/Fairgrounds Interchange Project
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. pushes planning code changes to speed up affordable housing development
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. pushes planning code changes to speed up affordable housing development
KQED

Everything You Need to Know About San Francisco’s Family Zoning Plan
Marin Independent Journal

Fairfax conditionally approves 243-apartment project
Local News Matters

Bay Area under Spare the Air alert until Thanksgiving Day; wood burning banned
San Francisco Chronicle

Cluster of earthquakes strike near San Jose in Bay Area
Local News Matters

Coastal Conservancy awards over $7.3M in wildfire, habitat and trail projects across NorCal
San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area considers easing gas appliance ban with new homeowner exemptions

Headlines for November 25, 2025

Mercury News

BART commute struggles continue; Red Line and Green Line reopen after temporary closure
Bus News

San Francisco Secures Federal Funding for New Hybrid Buses
Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley grapples with mounting road repair costs
San Francisco Chronicle

SFO travel shifts with the seasons. These destinations see a surge in winter flights
Mercury News

‘It doesn’t matter what time you leave’: 9.6 million holiday drivers to pack California roads
Local News Matters

Measure K creates thousands of affordable housing units, San Mateo County says
Mercury News

School district eyes hundreds of San Jose homes intended for its workers
Mercury News

Affordable homes project might replace Walnut Creek apartments
San Jose Spotlight

Mountain View approves 15-story builder’s remedy project near Highway 101
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s Union Square comeback is taking shape — despite two major question marks
Mercury News

Silicon Valley commercial leasing surges and new development rises
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma’s minimum wage will increase by 2.5% in 2026
KPIX

New generation of San Francisco crab fishermen await upcoming Dungeness season
KQED

Hundreds of California and Bay Area Hazardous Sites Could Face Future Flooding
Press Democrat

Magnitude 3.9 quake strikes northern Sonoma County

Headlines for November 24, 2025

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 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
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

Headlines for November 21, 2025

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

Headlines for November 20, 2025

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
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
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

Headlines for November 19, 2025

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
San Francisco Chronicle

A rare stratospheric warming event is about to occur. Here’s what it means for California
KQED

Inside One Bay Area Business Rocked by Trump’s Tariffs
Vacaville Reporter

Vacaville unveils wastewater solar project
Mercury News

Earthquake swarm rattles East Bay

Headlines for November 18, 2025

Smart Cities

Will Trump kill federal funding for public transportation
Local News Matters

Have thoughts on region’s future? Public comment opens for Plan Bay Area 2050+
Richmond Standard

BART ridership hits post-pandemic high in October
The Oaklandside

Did BART address disability access in rolling out its new gates?
Mercury News

Bay Area airport operations return to normal following resumption of full air traffic
Local News Matters

Tolling on I-80 express lanes through Fairfield and Vacaville to start mid-December
Marin Independent Journal

Larkspur ferry repairs prompt interim bus substitutes
Marin Independent Journal

Caltrans commits to next phase of Tiburon Boulevard upgrades
San Francisco Examiner

E-bike trainings educate students — and maybe help quell controversy
San Francisco Examiner

You can soon ride a Zoox for free
Wall Street Journal

How Building Affordable Housing Became Hottest Game in L.A.
Bloomberg

Will the YIMBY ‘Holy Grail’ Deliver an LA Building Boom?
Pleasanton Weekly

Pleasanton council to review initial housing redevelopment plans for BART station
San Francisco Chronicle

Sprinkler shock: Owners of S.F. high-rise condos stunned by $300K mandate
KQED

‘It’s Devastating’: More Than $100M for Housing Homeless at Risk Under New HUD Policy
New York Times

A City Is Broke. Can Billionaires’ Urbanist Dream Offer It a Last Chance?
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose housing policy change delayed after pushback
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose opens tiny home village on Valley Water land
Wall Street Journal

Blackstone Near a $130 Million Deal for San Francisco Four Seasons Hotel
Gilroy Dispatch

Data center set for construction in east Gilroy
San Mateo Daily Journal

Creek restoration nears completion in Belmont

Headlines for November 17, 2025

KPIX

I-80 Solano County Express Lanes tolling to begin in December
San Francisco Chronicle

This city has the Bay Area’s worst streets. It’s not S.F. or Oakland
NBC Bay Area

BART in 2020 stopped cleaning dust blamed for ‘flashover' incidents in subway
Palo Alto Online

High-rises? Bike lanes? Snacks? Panel reimagines downtown Palo Alto’s transit center
San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain reinvents Holiday Train
San Francisco Chronicle

This was the worst day for flight cancellations at Bay Area airports during the shutdown
Mercury News

Highway 1: One last closure as Rocky Creek project nearly finished
Cal Matters

One California city’s idea to tackle the housing crisis: Take the stairs
Mercury News

After nearly three years, these Bay Area cities still lack a state-approved housing plan
Marin Independent Journal

Belvedere poised to submit latest housing element revisions
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Worst fears’: Historic S.F. earthquake shacks destroyed without permits, neighbors say
KQED

Fairfax Votes 'No' In Recall Election About Housing
San Francisco Chronicle

As Berkeley weighs a big rezoning, small businesses worry they’ll pay the price
Mercury News

Into the fog: Researching the California coastal staple

Headlines for November 14, 2025

Smart Cities

San Francisco commuter railroads face fiscal cliff in 2027
The Oaklandside

Oakland begins removing damaged bus shelters, just as rains arrive
Mercury News

74-year-old rule against heavy trucks driving I-580 through Oakland is back under review
San Francisco Examiner

Waymo just got a step closer to SFO service
San Francisco Standard

Downtown ‘ambassadors’ cut 911 calls at BART in half. More could be on the way
Marin Independent Journal

Corte Madera marks completion of underpass mural
Mercury News

Would Trump’s 50-year mortgage have extremely high rates?
Cal Matters

More housing on the California coast? Changes at this agency signal a pro-building shift
Mercury News

Software companies reveal plans to slash hundreds of Bay Area tech jobs
Mercury News

H-1B: Trump’s defense of controversial visa reverberates, while Bay Area business group lauds recognition of immigrants’ value
San Jose Spotlight

East San Jose small businesses struggle amid VTA construction
Knee Deep Times

Split Verdict Over State of the Estuary
Knee Deep Times

Who Will Inherit the Estuary? Training for a Rough Future
Richmondside

Tired of waiting for EPA’s Superfund site cleanup plan, Richmonders submit their idea
Cal Matters

Data centers are putting new strain on California’s grid. A new report estimates the impacts
KRON

Newsom reaffirms California's commitment to green technology
KPIX

Morgan Hill farm reaping benefits from California healthy soils initiative