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Headlines for July 31, 2024

San Francisco Examiner

Measure to fund Muni by taxing Uber, Waymo heads to November ballot
SF Gate

New report shows dramatic drop in San Francisco traffic enforcement
San Francisco Standard

One year, 14,000 tickets: How delivery giants shrug off fines and flout SF’s parking laws
Local News Matters

GIG Car Share to cease service in December citing decreased demand and rising costs
Newsweek

Is Kamala Harris On Board with High-Speed Rail?
Mercury News

Big Lots to close dozens of stores around California, including Bay Area locations
Berkeleyside

Photos: UC Berkeley starts construction at People’s Park
San Francisco Standard

SF Lot remains empty
Vacaville Reporter

Solano Land Trust welcomes California Forever removal
Bloomberg

A Radical Fix for Britain’s Housing Crisis: A New Offshore City
San Francisco Chronicle

Legislation could add nearly 900 acres to Golden Gate National Recreation Area
KPIX

Longfin smelt in San Francisco Bay and Delta added to Endangered Species List

Headlines for July 30, 2024

San Francisco Chronicle

Yes, there are more driverless Waymos in S.F. Here’s how busy they are
Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Electrified Angel Island ferry fits state goal
KQED

BART’s New Evasion-Resistant Gates Arrive in San Francisco for the 1st Time
Palo Alto Daily Post

A new Bay Area transit measure is in the works
San Francisco Chronicle

California drivers are killing people. Can the state annoy speeders into slowing down and saving lives?
San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley ride-share service offers free summer rides
San Francisco Chronicle

This wealthy S.F. neighborhood hasn’t added new housing in 50 years. That could soon change
San Francisco Standard

To answer homeless 311 complaints, officials wield a new tool: a 4-foot measuring stick
Mercury News

Bay Area home prices up 6% from last year as wealthy buyers dominate housing market
Vacaville Reporter via East Bay Times

California Department of Education plans to develop housing on school district-owned lands
Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael apartment plan switches to seniors’ housing
Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano Land Trust joins party for East Solano Plan ballot pull
San Francisco Examiner

Wiener’s bill to avert catastrophic AI harms draws plenty of fire
Mercury News

More than 1,000 job cuts jolt workers in East Bay and Wine Country
Local News Matters

Port of Oakland receives $3M grant to offset ‘existential threat’ posed by rising sea levels
San Francisco Examiner

SF lands $1 million grant from federal EPA
Bloomberg

How Economic Damage Will Drive Climate Migration

Headlines for July 29, 2024

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito readies $1.3M contract for ferry landing project
San Francisco Examiner

What’s next for California gig drivers after Prop. 22 court loss
Forbes

60 Million Miles And Counting: Robotaxis Shift Into High Gear
San Francisco Chronicle

How California homeowners can assess their risk of nonrenewal
Mercury News

New homes won’t cure California’s housing affordability problems
San Francisco Chronicle

California has seen a dramatic rise in the number of young adults living with their parents
San Francisco Chronicle

What does Nvidia’s meteoric stock rise mean for Silicon Valley home prices?
Mercury News

From segregation to upzoning: Berkeley struggles to reform housing policies
Mercury News

After living in 700 square feet for 5 years, this family wanted a bigger space. What could they find for under $1 million in the Bay?
San Francisco Chronicle

Half-empty downtown S.F. building to be purchased by L.A. investor at a major discount
SF Gate

EPA Awards Estuary Partnership $10.6 Million For Bay Area Watershed Projects
KPIX

San Francisco Estuary Partnership receiving $10.6 million to restore East Bay watersheds
Richmond Standard

Wildcat Creek gets $12.2M for restoration, flood mitigation
Axios

SF reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 48% since 1990
NBC Bay Area

Why global temperature records keep falling

Headlines for July 26, 2024

SFMTA

Podcast: Scooting Safely
Fairfield Daily Republic

SolTrans throwing tropical party
Bloomberg

Bikeshare Is More Popular Than Ever. But It’ll Cost You
Mass Transit

California State Transportation Agency, CHSRA renew agreement with FRA
San Francisco Chronicle

Big changes in store for SFO and OAK flyers as Southwest ends open seating policy
KPIX

Scientist-activist group criticizes Oakland airport expansion
The Oaklandside

GIG will shut down its car-sharing service by year’s end
Press Democrat

PD Editorial: Repeal Cotati’s roundabout ban
Mercury News

Walters: Eye-popping construction costs intensify California’s housing shortage
San Francisco Chronicle

This SF group says it solved the math on affordable housing. Can it get others to follow?
Marin Independent Journal

Marin program adds art to housing support
Mercury News

San Jose job hub may sprout at vast site after project lands key loan
San Francisco Chronicle

This historic building embodies S.F.’s challenges — but its owners aren’t giving up
Knee Deep Times

New Rules on Rebuilds, FEMA Says No to Wet Feet

Headlines for July 25, 2024

CNBC

Las Vegas transit system is nation’s first to plan full deployment of AI surveillance system for weapons
Local News Matters

Voters appear in favor of recalling Millbrae councilmembers over controversial housing
The Oaklandside

Touring the Posey Tube, a 100-year-old engineering feat connecting Oakland and Alameda
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose uses AI to streamline government
KPIX

Oakland has 18 sites for speed cameras
Alameda Post

Free Alameda Point Weekend Shuttle Launches Saturday, July 27
San Francisco Examiner

UCSF: Electric bike, scooter accidents are soaring across the U.S.
Napa Valley Register

Soscol Junction roundabouts
Mercury News

California homebuying: Collapse? Crumble? Or crash?
Cal Matters

Eye-popping construction costs intensify California’s chronic housing shortage
Cal Matters

When California housing regulators beef with voters, who wins?
Berkeleyside

Berkeley Council tasks redraft of ‘missing middle’ zoning changes
Marin Independent Journal

Central Marin sanitation easement adds wrinkle to housing plan near San Quentin
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Unprecedented’ Marin County housing project moves forward amid neighbor pushback
San Mateo Daily Journal

After recall, what’s next for Millbrae?
Mercury News

Proposed California law seeks to protect public from AI catastrophes
Knee Deep Times

Letting the Cliff Crumble

Headlines for July 24, 2024

Daily Cal

Local transit authorities receive state grant to analyze transferless paratransit rides
Petaluma Argus-Courier

Riders, drivers praise Petaluma’s fare-free bus program
Local News Matters

BART seeking for volunteer to serve on Police Citizen Review Board; applications due Aug. 8
San Francisco Standard

Waymo sues robotaxi vandals for thousands
Napa Valley Register

St. Helena has sidewalk plan
Bloomberg

Cyclists Are Taking Over Paris for the Olympic Games
SF Gate

'Hideous piece of road garbage': Inside the Tesla Cybertruck's 110,000-member mockery club
Richmondside

$20 billion affordable housing bond on November ballot
San Francisco Chronicle

Why this small affordable housing project in S.F. is costing $1 million per unit
San Francisco Examiner

Affordable housing project in Mission breaks ground, backed by $50M fund
Marin Independent Journal

Richardson Bay agency gets more time to house boaters
Vallejo Times-Herald

California Forever told to ‘Go somewhere else’
Berkeleyside

City Council will consider allowing taller, denser housing throughout Berkeley
Berkeleyside

Berkeley zoning has served for many decades to separate the poor from the rich and whites from people of color
San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland begins sweep of homeless from pristine beach in first high-profile eviction since landmark ruling
San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area tech layoffs: Major Japanese online retailer cuts U.S. workforce by half
Mercury News

Huge Silicon Valley tech campus is foreclosed as office market staggers
Bay Nature

Black Bears Move Into the North Bay

Headlines for July 23, 2024

SF Gate

'This is not a blip': A quiet movement grows on San Francisco's streets
Business Wire

Iteris Receives $3.75 Million Contract from San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Mercury News

San Jose Airport passenger trips struggle, new flights may create lift
The Oaklandside

Oakland police drop technology that promised to eliminate dangerous chases
San Jose Spotlight

Cupertino approves plan to end traffic deaths
New York Times

Silicon Valley Investors’ Plans for a New City Put on Hold
Mercury News

Billionaires’ utopia company California Forever scraps plan for ballot initiative in wake of damning report
San Francisco Chronicle

More housing in S.F.’s Central SoMa? City willing to relax zoning rules in struggling neighborhood
San Francisco Standard

The rent is too damn AI: Peskin seeks ban on price-hike software
Richmondside

Richmond Rent Board increases landlord fees, limits rent hikes to 1.4%
San Francisco Chronicle

What if AI puts everyone out of work?
San Francisco Standard

Salesforce mandates October return to office for most employees as layoffs continue
San Francisco Chronicle

Struggling downtown S.F. tower signs a flurry of leases for office space
Mercury News

Desalination plant proposed for San Francisco Bay
KPIX

San Antonio Creek to reopen after fish die-off

Headlines for July 22, 2024

Mass Transit

MTC receives $350,000 state grant to study seamless paratransit trips
Mercury News

Transit news you can use: New fare gates at BART Civic Center station, Caltrain electrifies, BARTmobile comes to Orinda
SF Gate

Bay Area city fights to save its train station from destruction
San Francisco Chronicle

Drinkable exhaust makes a splash as hydrogen-powered ferry premieres on S.F. Bay
San Francisco Chronicle

The next wave of robotaxis is driving outside of S.F. They’re unlike anything you’ve experienced
Cal Matters

Crime is rising at L.A. Metro. Is a new police force the answer?
San Francisco Chronicle

Square footage in this Silicon Valley city is the most expensive in the U.S.
Mercury News

Bay Area builders say city impact fees hinder new housing. A recent Supreme Court ruling may give developers more power to fight them.
Local News Matters

Brentwood commission denied controversial Bridle Gate housing development — again
KQED

Farmers Are Divided Over California Forever's Plan in Solano County
Vallejo Times-Herald

Solano releases California Forever report
Mercury News

Bay Area adds jobs in June, but tech-dependent regions lose workers
San Francisco Examiner

Saks Fifth Ave. won’t say if Union Square transition result of merger
Local News Matters

Pacific Flyway Center takes wing: Nature site aims to bring public closer to migratory birds
San Francisco Chronicle

California reservoir levels dropped by billions of gallons in July. Here’s why

Headlines for July 19, 2024

San Francisco Examiner

BART's new fare gates are finally being built in San Francisco
Local News Matters

BART to begin installing anti-fare evasion gates at San Francisco Civic Center station
The Oaklandside

BART skips over this Oakland neighborhood, so residents launched a campaign for a station
San Francisco Chronicle

New Oakland-Alameda water taxi to restart service after suspension
Mercury News

New water shuttle between Oakland and Alameda to resume service Friday
San Francisco Standard

The new road rage: ‘Disrespect’ to drivers fuels an angry political movement
Associated Press

Yoga, meditation and prayer: Urban transit workers cope with violence and fear on the job
Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano County seeking comments on Road Safety Plan
Press Democrat

Sonoma County supervisors place Bay Area affordable housing bond on the November ballot
San Francisco Chronicle

This data shows exactly when S.F. housing costs diverged from nearly everywhere else
San Francisco Chronicle

Mayor Breed says ‘very aggressive’ sweep of S.F. homeless encampments will launch in August
Local News Matters

Planners introduce Redwood City’s ‘transit-oriented,’ 100% affordable housing project
Gilroy Dispatch

Developer claims ‘builder’s remedy’ victory for 501-unit project
KQED

Berkeley, First City to Sanctify Single-Family Zoning, Considers Historic Reversal: Allowing Small Apartments
Napa Valley Register

Napa airport land use zoning raises housing concerns
Mercury News

Bay Area adds jobs in June, but tech-dependent regions lose workers
San Francisco Chronicle

Saks Fifth Avenue in S.F.’s Union Square switches to ‘appointment only’ shopping, announces layoffs
Mercury News

Empty offices haunt downtown San Jose, Oakland and San Francisco
Bay Nature

California May List Ancient, Iconic White Sturge

Headlines for July 17, 2024

Mercury News

Report: A Bay Area without BART would impact housing, traffic and the economy
San Francisco Chronicle

Street safety changes are coming to S.F.’s West Portal. Here’s when they take effect
San Francisco Standard

‘Least bad option’: SFMTA greenlights West Portal compromise street safety plan
Marin Independent Journal

Consultant: Novato roads need greater investment to be maintained
Vallejo Times-Herald

Vallejo to install new electric vehicle chargers as SolTrans pulls its plugs
Berkeleyside

City installs 2 new bus stop benches outside North Berkeley Senior Center
Mercury News

Apple affordable housing push helps Santa Cruz, San Francisco projects
San Francisco Chronicle

It’s official: S.F.’s Stonestown to become west side’s largest residential development in 50 years
San Mateo Daily Journal

100% affordable housing proposal expedited in Redwood City
Mercury News

What would Biden’s proposed 5% nationwide rent cap mean for the Bay Area?
SF Gate

Community Meeting Set To Discuss $20B Housing Bond
San Francisco Chronicle

Apple, Silicon Valley billionaire back $50 million fund for affordable Bay Area housing
San Francisco Chronicle

Tesla goes on hiring spree, looking to fill hundreds of new Bay Area jobs after major layoffs
San Francisco Examiner

SF still losing tech jobs, but is a rebound on the horizon?
Local News Matters

Public comment sought on draft environmental impact for proposed Sonoma casino
Bay Nature

A Richmond Creek Gets Spruced Up, for Fish and People Alike