Headlines for August 25, 2023 Berkeleyside AC Transit bus cameras will use artificial intelligence to ticket drivers blocking routes Napa Valley Register Project to raise Highway 37 in Bay Area to receive $155 million in federal funding Mercury News Robotaxis make these 5 common mistakes on S.F. streets — in front of Uber, Lyft drivers Mercury News Readers share questions and stories about self-driving cars: Roadshow SF Chronicle https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/mystery-company-buying-bay-area-land-new-city-18321807.php Mercury News Who is responsible for overseeing homeless housing in the Bay Area? Marin IJ Novato rejects $30M offer to sell mobile home park San Diego Tribune The suburb that should have been? Why two San Diegans are challenging a decades-old decision on empty land LA Times Tens of thousands of Kaiser healthcare workers to vote on possible strike
Headlines for August 23, 2023 San Francisco Standard BART Unveils New Gates to Deter Fare Evaders SF Gate 7 years after meeting on the train, couple holds BART-themed wedding San Francisco Chronicle The Bay Area still needs a bridge toll to fund transit. Here’s what it should look like San Francisco Examiner Cruise's Outside Lands glitches may have 'serious implications' in SF Mercury News Critics of expansion say Oakland airport’s zero-emissions plan is missing most crucial element San Francisco Examiner Your commute to The City is the costliest in the country Mercury News Solving the puzzle of a ‘forever’ FasTrak credit: Roadshow Fairfield Daily Republic Survey on possible new eastern Solano community released Local News Matters 1 of 2 developers in running for Concord former weapons station project drops out San Francisco Chronicle Developers of controversial 50-story tower in Sunset District sue S.F. San Francisco Chronicle Marin’s largest affordable housing development in 50 years was just approved — next to San Quentin KTVU Sausalito apartment owners evict all tenants at 39-unit complex San Mateo Daily Journal Mayhem in Millbrae. Shouts dominate meeting about homeless housing Bloomberg Housing Instability Spiked During the Pandemic. Homelessness Didn’t. SF Gate Shadowy group that owns 52,000 Bay Area acres may be planning to build a new city SF Gate Charles Schwab reveals price of shedding SF offices, plans for layoffs San Francisco Chronicle Will S.F.’s Westfield mall become a stadium? Mayor Breed says city is studying the idea San Francisco Chronicle Before IKEA, these projects tried to revitalize S.F.’s Mid-Market. Here’s why it’s still struggling Mercury News Tech companies reveal plans to jettison hundreds more Bay Area jobs San Francisco Chronicle The Big Melt transformed California. A journey down a great river shows how Bloomberg Wildfire Smoke Threatens to Wipe Out Decades of Air Pollution Progress
Headlines for August 22, 2023 Mercury News Bill seeking to bail out BART with bridge-toll hikes is put on pause KQED Bill to Raise Bay Area Bridge Tolls to Help Transit Put on Hold Amid Local Opposition Local News Matters ‘Not yet ready’: SF City files motion opposing permitted expansion of robotaxi operation Government Technology How Many Waymo, Cruise Driverless Cars Have Crashed? Mercury News Highway 87 to be closed for pavement repair project Mercury News Ready for an electric car? What you need to know San Francisco Chronicle Breed announces changes to S.F. intersection where young girl was killed. Will it be enough? Planetizen New Bus Only Lane Overcomes Opposition in San Francisco Mercury News Do I really have to wait at red lights if no one else is around?: Roadshow Marin Independent Journal Marin median home price slides again, mirroring Bay Area decline The Oaklandside Billions for affordable housing? Voters may get chance to weigh in San Francisco Chronicle ‘City Hall is failing’: New report says San Francisco is broken, offers roadmap to fix it Marin Independent Journal Larkspur approves ‘fair housing’ zoning updates San Francisco Examiner SF's hotel and tourism industries are expected to grow in 2023 San Francisco Chronicle Bay Area air quality: Answers to your most pressing questions Cal Matters Toxic trash: California’s aging hazardous waste sites have troubling safety records
Headlines for August 21, 2023 San Francisco Chronicle S.F. lawmaker shelves bridge toll hike that aimed to save public transit agencies KQED Bridge Toll Increase Would Help Transit. How Much Would It Hurt Drivers? Mercury News VTA has one of the best transit recoveries in the nation, but ridership is still down from pre-pandemic numbers SF Gate DMV tells Cruise to reduce its driverless vehicle fleet in SF by 50% San Francisco Chronicle Here’s how many Waymo and Cruise vehicles have been in crashes in past 2 years San Francisco Chronicle A reporter rode in both a Cruise and a Waymo. Here’s how it went KPIX Robotaxis praised by disabled community San Francisco Standard New Bus Lane Slated for This San Francisco Neighborhood Ahead of Trade Summit San Francisco Standard San Francisco Drivers’ Most Hated Intersections and What’s Being Done About Them KRON SFMTA: More than 1 million rides during Outside Lands weekend Marin Independent Journal Marin highway projects get $195M state infusion Vallejo Times-Herald Caltrans to do road work on State Route 29 starting Sunday Mercury News Autobahn habit costly lesson for visiting engineer, but it could have been worse: Roadshow San Francisco Chronicle A group started battling evictions in S.F.’s Japantown in 1973. It’s still fighting Bloomberg Never Mind Shrinking Households, Builders Are Adding Bedrooms Wall Street Journal Retailers Are Fleeing Downtown San Francisco. IKEA Is Moving In. Mercury News Fusion breakthrough highlights Tri-Valley’s emergence as Bay Area tech mecca East Bay Times Fighting future ‘red tides’ in San Francisco Bay
Headlines for August 18, 2023 San Francisco Chronicle S.F. emergency vehicle rams Cruise car in Tenderloin intersection, injuring passenger San Francisco Examiner Here's when Waymo will start charging riders in The City KTVU New autonomous vehicle shuttle on Treasure Island San Francisco Standard Why Can’t You Bike Over the Bay Bridge Into Downtown San Francisco? San Mateo Daily Journal Caltrain to pilot bi-level dual electric, battery powered train Trains Caltrain orders battery-electric trainset for trial operation San Francisco Chronicle Why BART is getting rid of its old 'legacy fleet' trains Mercury News Readers confounded by chaos at roundabouts, school drop-off: Roadshow Cal Matters Hardly anyone owns a hydrogen car. California may pay up to $300 million for fuel stations anyway Contra Costa Herald Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint: Tell us what you think NBC Bay Area ‘Perfect financial storm' makes home buying more difficult Cal Matters As one more housing project stalls on noise concerns, another head sprouts from ‘CEQA Hydra’ SF Gate Someone bought 52,000 acres in the Bay Area. No one knows who they are. Mercury News Mortgage rates top 7%, reaching highest level in two decades San Francisco Chronicle Tourists are coming back to S.F., but full recovery could still be years away Mercury News Bay Area adds jobs in July — but pace of job gains slows drastically Marin Independent Journal Marin City shopping center signs wave of tenants San Francisco Chronicle California wildfire risk predicted to be mild through fall Press Democrat Crews work to eradicate invasive, flammable Arundo canes from the Russian River banks in Healdsburg Marin Independent Journal Tomales Bay invaded by invertebrates from Southern Hemisphere San Francisco Chronicle Fish-killing toxic algae bloom has left San Francisco Bay for now
Headlines for August 17, 2023 Marin Independent Journal SMART to launch sales tax renewal efforts in response to grand jury report KQED Residents share how they see Bay Area’s future via pop-ups Chamber of Commerce Cities With the Costliest Commutes San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco asks California regulators to halt approval of expanded robotaxi service San Francisco Examiner Cruise: Pedestrian caused North Beach traffic jam, not Outside Lands Mercury News ‘I felt much less safe at 70 mph here than going nearly twice that in Germany’: Roadshow Napa Valley Register Napa bringing back red light cameras Local News Matters Got any suggestions? BART wants public opinion for new police headquarters Cal Matters Which bills are California ‘housing killers?’ Mercury News Big San Jose affordable housing development edges closer to reality NBC Bay Area Sonoma County leaders approve $1.4M to build new affordable housing San Francisco Chronicle Will a long-delayed Whole Foods reenergize this S.F. neighborhood? San Francisco Chronicle Why AI startups are still flocking to San Francisco — despite high costs and taxes Gilroy Dispatch Gilroy’s sidewalk vending plan moves forward San Francisco Chronicle A tropical storm is heading toward California. Here's a timeline of impacts San Francisco Chronicle A black bear has been climbing Half Dome, Yosemite rangers say
Headlines for August 16, 2023 San Francisco Chronicle Bus-only lanes are coming to Geary Boulevard in the Richmond San Francisco Standard Despite Protests, SF’s Geary Boulevard Will Get More Bus Lanes SF Gate Cruise vehicle gets stuck in wet concrete while driving in San Francisco KQED Get Ready for More Robotaxis in S.F. Mercury News Avoid school traffic and let your kids walk the last block, advises reader: Roadshow Local News Matters Bay Area’s air quality agency awards $5M loan guarantee to EV financing startup AC Transit AC Transit wins 2023 Outstanding Public Transportation System Award from the American Public Transportation Association Bloomberg Urban Highways Cost Billions in Lost Home Value, Property Taxes San Mateo Daily Journal San Mateo unveils new speed limits for public schools Housing Matters California’s Affordable Housing Stock Is Dwindling. How Can It Be Preserved? SF Gate ‘We just got really spoiled’: Bay Area real estate agents complain of fierce competition San Francisco Chronicle Construction suspended on $1.2 billion tower — one of S.F.’s only big building projects SF Gate People are finally starting to return to San Francisco offices San Francisco Chronicle ‘The recovery is absolutely starting’: Why one contrarian office investor is buying in downtown S.F. San Francisco Chronicle S.F. and New York continue to see different pandemic recoveries. Here’s why Mercury News San Francisco’s 166-year-old luxury retailer Gumps warns: This could be our last year Knee Deep Times Who’s on first at the SF Seawall?
Headlines for August 15, 2023 Mercury News Get used to driving roundabouts — the Bay Area is adding more: Roadshow San Francisco Standard San Francisco Merchants Hold Small Business ‘Funeral’ To Protest Geary St. Transit Plan East Bay Times Oakland Airport expansion is a threat to climate change goals, environmental coalition warns East Bay Times Major East Bay road extension moves forward Washington Post Is it cheaper to refuel your EV battery or gas tank? We did the math in all 50 states. Bloomberg How Bad Has Ride-Hailing Been for Cities? East Bay Times Google will activate downtown San Jose village sites ahead of project Bloomberg Can Tiny House Villages Be a Homelessness Fix? San Jose Spotlight San Jose strikes deal to avoid worker walk off Mercury News Genetic sleuths capture the secret lives of Bay Area bears San Francisco Chronicle Scientists discover new details on weather phenomenon behind some of California’s worst fires San Francisco Chronicle Scientists discover new details on weather phenomenon behind some of California’s worst fires Mercury News Earthquake rattles East Bay on Tuesday morning
Headlines for August 14, 2023 SF Gate Public Invited To Help In Planning For Bay Area At Pop-Up Workshop SF Gate Cruise cars, Outside Lands crowds make for traffic mess in SF Mercury News Parents and students also must ensure safety around schools: Roadshow Daily Cal An unprofitable BART is far better than a Bay Area without it Wired Teens Hacked Boston Subway Cards to Get Infinite Free Rides—and This Time, Nobody Got Sued San Francisco Chronicle S.F. must create 82,000 new homes in 8 years. Is that even possible? San Francisco Chronicle S.F. plans to ask voters for $300 million to build affordable housing. Will residents support it? Marin Independent Journal Tiburon housing element hung up on development constraints Bloomberg How the Real Estate Industry Engineered American Segregation SF Gate Geary Boulevard Merchants Demand For Delay Of Sfmta’S Plan To Eliminate Parking Spots Mercury News Hollywood strikes begin to impact Bay Area, but actors and writers plan to stick it out San Jose Spotlight Taylor Swift boosted Silicon Valley economy by $33M Local News Matters ‘It’s a major deal’: Environmental group buys landlocked Balcerzak ranch on Mount Diablo
Headlines for August 11, 2023 San Mateo Daily Journal Caltrain ridership increases Mercury News Caltrain to suspend services from Millbrae to San Francisco during Outside Lands Mercury News Experienced autobahn drivers explain why it works: Roadshow San Francisco Examiner San Francisco’s downtown depends on transit, and the feeling is mutual San Francisco Chronicle California says Cruise, Waymo can charge for 24-hour driverless taxi service throughout S.F. San Francisco Examiner Cruise, Waymo can charge for rides anywhere in San Francisco Cal Matters Driverless cars to fill the streets of San Francisco San Francisco Chronicle Robotaxis are good for disabled people, advocates say. But are wheelchair users being thrown under the (autonomous) bus? Marin Independent Journal Sausalito commission pushes for more edits to ferry landing plaza design San Francisco Examiner Can EVs cost, charging keep up with SF climate goals? San Jose Spotlight Santa Clara County leads electric car sales San Francisco Chronicle Track how S.F. rent prices compare to other Bay Area cities San Francisco Business Journal Amazon has revived its stalled S.F. expansion plans Mercury News Editorial: Finally, polluting Bay Area cement plant will be closed