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Headlines for June 8, 2023

San Francisco Standard

San Francisco Transit Chief Blasts Cruise, Waymo Robotaxis as Unsafe: ‘Race to the Bottom’
San Francisco Examiner

Caltrain's electric future starts now, though SF will have to wait a while longer
Progressive Railroading

Caltrain OKs FY24, FY25 budgets
Marin Independent Journal

Marin-Sonoma Narrows construction hits new milestone
Mercury News

Imagining a Disneyland-style monorail for the Santa Cruz Mountains: Roadshow
KQED

This 30-Mile East Bay Trail Has Roots on the Railroad
Mercury News

Oakland airport passenger activity rises as post-COVID rebound widens
Mercury News

Spirit Airlines launches first-ever flights out of San Jose airport
New York Times

Make Way for the Bike Bus
Press Democrat

Petaluma’s mobile home reform fight is about a lot more than rent control
The Oaklandside

Under a new Oakland law, there could be fewer ‘trivial’ evictions
San Mateo Daily Journal

Housing in focus for Redwood City
New York Times

They Fled San Francisco. The A.I. Boom Pulled Them Back.
San Francisco Chronicle

Charts show how San Francisco’s job market is unusually strong despite ‘doom loop’ concerns
San Francisco Chronicle

Are New York City's orange skies as bad as the Bay Area in 2020? Here's how they compare
Local News Matters

On World Ocean Day, divers head underwater to share conservation message with public

Headlines for June 7, 2023

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. isn’t in a doom loop yet. We will be if California doesn’t save public transit
San Francisco Standard

With Transit ‘Death Spiral’ Looming, San Francisco Supervisors Plead For State Aid
Bloomberg

US Public Transit Systems Face Credit Downgrades as Riders Stay Away
San Mateo Daily Journal

Electric trains run on Caltrain corridor
Mercury News

More scam calls and one reader’s way of handling them: Roadshow
Richmond Review

Geary Merchants Question ‘Quick Build’ Transit Plan
Mercury News

Move to electric vehicles could save nearly 90,000 lives in US by 2050, study says
Mercury News

Several hundred homes could rise at site of closed San Jose casino
Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito seeks public comments on housing environmental report
Cal Matters

California rent relief is still available for thousands of tenants who were denied COVID assistance
San Francisco Chronicle

Why I couldn’t quit San Francisco — and you shouldn’t either
San Francisco Chronicle

Another S.F. tech company lays off workers
Mercury News

Tech companies jettison hundreds more Bay Area jobs as layoffs widen
Vacaville Reporter

Genentech to leave Vacaville
NBC Bay Area

New cost of living numbers show how much families need to make it in the Bay Area
San Francisco Chronicle

California’s once-dead Tulare Lake may be at peak Here’s how big it is

Headlines for June 6, 2023

The Oaklandside

Oakland stands to lose if BART, AC Transit collapse due to budget crisis
San Francisco Examiner

SF Bay Ferry's slashed fares here to stay for summer, beyond
San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain suspends weekend service between San Francisco, Millbrae for electrification construction
SF Gate

‘Incompetent’ driverless cars are wreaking havoc on San Francisco
Mercury News

San Jose redesigning roads in hopes of curbing sideshows: Roadshow
San Mateo Daily Journal

Burlingame seeking input for bike plan
City Journal

Transit and the American City
New York Times

M.T.A. Looks Beyond Enforcement After $690 Million in Fare Evasion
Mission Local

Muni, BART facing a crisis. State bailout is just the beginning.
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose to house hundreds of homeless residents
San Francisco Chronicle

Map: These downtown S.F. buildings face financial crisis. They’re valued at $3.3 billion
San Francisco Chronicle

Owner to give up two of S.F.’s largest hotels as city’s ‘path to recovery remains clouded’
San Francisco Examiner

Berkeley's natural gas ban fight gets reignited
Marin Independent Journal

Drakes Bay study seeks to revive kelp forests
KQED

How Sea Level Rise Is Posing a Looming Threat to San Leandro's Underground Infrastructure

Headlines for June 5, 2023

San Francisco Examiner

Muni: Head for the hills — while you still can
San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain budget future murky
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. neighborhoods with the most ‘severe’ street conditions
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco doesn’t want driverless cars to offer 24-hour taxi service. Here’s why
Berkeleyside

BART reopens North Berkeley station elevator after lengthy closure
Mercury News

Merging is not an ‘on-the-spot’ negotiation: Roadshow
Mercury News

Tips for renewing a California driver’s license if you’re 70 or older: Roadshow
Gilroy Dispatch

Gilroy pedals to the top in Bay Area biking competition
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Cause of death is neglect’: Marchers hold mock funerals for public transit in S.F. and Oakland
SF Gate

'Funeral procession' held for BART, Muni down San Francisco street
San Francisco Standard

Transit Activists Carry BART, Muni ‘Trains’ in Caskets to San Francisco City Hall
NBC Bay Area

Advocates Hold Mock Funeral, Rally for Public Transit in San Francisco
Cal Matters

‘Godzilla next door’: How California developers gained new leverage to build more homes
San Francisco Chronicle

This out-of-state location saw the largest pandemic spike in new residents from S.F.
San Francisco Chronicle

YIMBYs love to hate her. Inside one Bay Area mayor’s anti-housing campaign
Mercury News

Owning a home in the Bay Area now costs twice as much as renting
Marin Independent Journal

Lucas Valley housing proposal asserts ‘builder’s remedy’ option
San Mateo Daily Journal

Foster City passes housing element
Bloomberg

Buying a Home in California Is Already Hard. State Farm’s Exit Makes It Harder.
SF Gate

Pixar reportedly conducts rare layoffs, including 'Lightyear' director
Mercury News

Tech cluster emerges at huge revamped industrial complex in Oakland
SF Gate

Chance of rain, 'heavy downpours' head toward San Francisco Bay Area

Headlines for June 2, 2023

San Francisco Examiner

SF Bay Ferry rebound continues as Bay Area transit faces choppy waters
San Francisco Examiner

BART fare evasion study to examine police targeting of Black riders
San Francisco Standard

San Francisco Officials Make Last-Ditch Effort To Block Robotaxi Deployment
Mercury News

The do’s and don’ts of legal and safe lane splitting: Roadshow
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Editorial: A bike lane or Peet’s parking lot?
San Francisco Standard

San Francisco No Longer Most Expensive Bay Area City for Renters
San Francisco Chronicle

Yet another home insurance giant quietly stops writing new policies in California
San Mateo Daily Journal

$5 million fast tracks plans for coastal homes in Half Moon Bay
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Is this street going to be dead?’ Inside one of the last big stores in a famous S.F. retail hub
CNN

Meta asks office workers to return to in-person work
San Francisco Chronicle

Unusually large group of killer whales is hunting off California’s coast. Their method is ‘pretty brutal’
San Francisco Chronicle

It was the most controversial land-use debate in Napa history. Now, Walt Ranch has been sold

Headlines for June 1, 2023

SF Gate

Vault lights in San Francisco sidewalks could completely disappear one day
KQED

What's With the Golden Gate Bridge Look-Alike in Lisbon?
KQED

Are Zero-Emission Vehicles Making a Dent in California's Air Pollution?
Mass Transit

BART’s Not One More Girl initiative moves to Phase 2
Government Technology

California Transit Is Barreling Toward a Fiscal Cliff, Officials Warn
Mercury News

Beach traffic turns Highway 17 into a mess again: Roadshow
San Francisco Standard

Homes Under Sutro Tower: First Look at New Twin Peaks Housing Plan
Berkeleyside

Berkeley’s population is rebounding faster than almost any other Bay Area city
Local News Matters

UC Berkeley continues with People’s Park student housing development despite continued resistance
SF Gate

Consequences mount as Palo Alto's housing element hangs in limbo
State of California

California Awards Nearly $40 Million for Communities to Build Industries of the Future
SF Gate

SF Travel launches $6M ad campaign with first-ever commercial, starring local talent
San Francisco Chronicle

Listen: A tale of 2 downtown businesses, one shuttering, one opening
San Francisco Examiner

How Breed's budget proposal would close SF's $780 million deficit
East Bay Times

Bay Area tech layoffs top grim milestone after jobs cuts by Meta, Nuro, others
Associated Press

Earth is ‘really quite sick now’ and in danger zone in nearly all ecological ways, study says
San Francisco Chronicle

'Giant' 5,000-year-old tooth was found on California beach. Here's what we know
Press Democrat

A massive kelp forest once anchored the North Bay’s marine ecosystem. Here’s how scientists are trying to bring it back
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Where are the ‘heat islands’ in Sonoma Valley?

Headlines for May 31, 2023

Cal Matters

California transit systems’ pleas for aid haven’t moved the Capitol
Mercury News

California lawmakers urge transit bailout, pushing back on Newsom’s proposed budget cut
San Francisco Standard

‘Do or Die Moment’: Coalition Calls for State Bailout of Public Transit
KPIX

Lawmakers urge additional funding for Bay Area transit agencies
San Francisco Standard

Three Great Bay Area Hikes Accessible by Public Transit
Mercury News

San Jose airport soars back to key passenger milestone as rebound extends
Mercury News

What’s with the overnight work on I-680? Roadshow
Associated Press

The easiest way to get a $7,500 tax credit for an electric vehicle? Consider leasing.
Smart Cities

Shared micromobility boosts job access when linked with public transit: report
Cal Matters

Tax on short-term rentals like Airbnb could fund California affordable housing
East Bay Times

Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis?
San Francisco Chronicle

SF wasn’t only city to see exodus
San Francisco Examiner

Breed wants to add 600 homeless shelter beds in SF budget amid deficit
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose housing left out of state environmental reform
New York Times

A Take of Paradise, Parking Lots and My Mother’s Berkeley Backyard
New York Times

Imagine a Renter’s Paradise. It Might Look Like Vienna.
Mercury News

Downtown San Jose lands several new merchants as area rebound sprouts
SF Gate

Google offloading 1.4 million square feet of Bay Area office space
Press Democrat

Sonoma County Open Space District in contract to buy Bodega Bay ranch for future park
New York Times

Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse.
Bloomberg

Why Thinking of Cities as Nature Is Key to Fighting Climate Change

Headlines for May 30, 2023

East Bay Times

Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis?
San Francisco Chronicle

Without state funding, S.F.’s Muni could cut up to 20 bus lines — starting this summer
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. expected to delay plans to extend metered parking hours
Mercury News

Borenstein: BART refuses to make cuts, accelerates toward ‘fiscal cliff’
San Francisco Chronicle

As BART faces ‘fiscal cliff,’ it hopes these anime mascots will attract young riders
NBC Bay Area

BART PD Says New Officer Deployment Strategy Leads to More Arrests
Mercury News

Berkeley awarded $5.1 million to study plan for revitalizing its pier with ferry service
Berkeleyside

Berkeley gets $5.1M to plan for ferry service
Mercury News

Caltrain extension to downtown San Francisco got green light from various agencies: Roadshow
Forbes

U.S. investing in high-speed rail
Sonoma Index-Tribune

How does Sonoma rate for bicyclists?
San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo City Council seeking to max housing at Talbot’s site
San Mateo Daily Journal

Rents stabilize in the San Mateo County
Mercury News

Can ‘social housing’ help solve California’s housing crisis?
Mercury News

Santa Clara County reports 1% dip in homeless population, 37% spike in unhoused families identified
Local News Matters

SF supportive housing division pushes ahead on ‘Site F’ closure over supervisors’ objection
San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown S.F. condos selling at lowest prices in six years, data shows
San Francisco Chronicle

As S.F.’s housing production stalls, this development continues to add affordable homes
The Guardian

Vacant skyscrapers, empty trains: can San Francisco once again reinvent itself?
NBC Bay Area

Old Navy to Close Downtown San Francisco Store
San Francisco Examiner

Supreme Court ruling decreases wetland protection
Mercury News

Can California’s coastline be saved? Study shows up to 70% could be wiped out by 2100
Press Democrat

North Coast officials, scientists and stakeholders launch exploration of sea otters’ return
Los Angeles Times

State asked to stop diverting iconic Mono Lake’s water to Los Angeles

Headlines for May 26, 2023

San Francisco Standard

San Francisco Lawmakers Rally for Transit Funds, Putting Assemblymember Phil Ting in the Hot Seat
New York Times

Struggling to Attract Riders, BART Rethinks Its Service Schedule
KGO-TV

Could billions in cash save downtown SF? A look at plans for the future of Salesforce Transit Center
KPIX

Bay Area transit commuters face drastic cuts to service as fiscal cliff approaches
Berkeleyside

A freeway has long separated Berkeley from its waterfront. Is it time to rethink I-80?
The Oaklandside

Report: Oakland traffic collisions are a ‘public safety epidemic’
Local News Matters

‘One Book, One BART’: Transit agency’s club aims to transport readers as well as riders
Mercury News

California to add more CHP officers statewide: Roadshow
Cal Matters

California Democrats sideline Gavin Newsom’s plan to build big things faster
San Francisco Examiner

New European e-scooters rolling into San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle

Memorial Day weekend travel to surge to near pre-pandemic levels
Bloomberg

Berlin’s Efforts to Reduce Driving Stalled by German Car Culture
East Bay Times

Hundreds of homes could replace San Jose shopping center near BART stop
San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo City Council seeking to max housing at Talbot’s site
Marin Independent Journal

Marin City apartment complex opponents file suit to block bonds
Petaluma Argus-Courier

‘Oyster Cove’ condos clear major hurdle
Sonoma Index-Tribune

SOS pulls the brakes on Sonoma’s Safe Parking program
San Francisco Examiner

Overpaid executives remain overpaid, SF reaps tax benefits
Mercury News

California breaks record for renewable electricity
San Francisco Chronicle

Iconic High Sierra bridge on John Muir Trail damaged

Headlines for May 25, 2023

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. Mayor London Breed joins calls for transit bailout, tying downtown’s recovery to BART, Muni
San Francisco Examiner

Muni expanding service on busy bus routes just in time for summer
Axios

How transportation impacts health in San Francisco
Mercury News

101 tragedy a reminder of the dangers of standing alongside the freeway: Roadshow
Bloomberg

US Cities Are Failing Their Female Cyclists
New York Times

Highways Have Sliced Through City After City. Can the U.S. Undo the Damage?
Vice

Major Transit Official Compares Building Bike and Bus Lanes to Bulldozing Neighborhoods for Freeways
Bloomberg

How Amsterdam Made Room for Microcars
Mercury News

San Jose housing project lands construction loan, will replace restaurant
San Jose Spotlight

UPDATE: San Jose officials challenge mayor’s housing plan
Mercury News

Hey, California bosses: 2 workers quit for every 3 you hire
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. downtown exodus: Another major retailer closes at Westfield mall
Associated Press

Elon Musk signals Twitter’s headquarters may not stay in San Francisco
Mercury News

U.S. census: Bay Area population grew older, Asians are now the region’s largest racial group
Cal Matters

Is California’s organic waste recycling a failure?
Marin Independent Journal

Tiburon wetland slated for cleanup project