Today's News Roundup

A vintage color photo from 1973 shows Seventh Street with a green trolley car on the left, construction in the road, and 2 pedestrians.

Quartz

American cities are experimenting with free public transit
San Francisco Chronicle

TSA says masks will be required on public transit, airports into the new year
Mercury News

$1,000 traffic tickets? That’s not the Chico I knew and streaked in: Roadshow
San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley transit agency workers demand hazard pay
Local News Matters

Antioch council approves Deer Valley Estates housing project across from Kaiser hospital
NBC Bay Area

Number of Bay Area Homes Selling Well Above List Price Soared in Second Quarter: Report
San Mateo Daily Journal

Redevelopment considered at Foster City El Torito site
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco plans to buy four properties to house homeless people across the city
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. is closing its homeless hotels. But with more federal funding on tap, advocates are pushing back
Press Democrat

North Bay Q&A: Is it sustainable for Sonoma County to build new homes during an ongoing water crisis?
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. is closing its homeless hotels. But with more federal funding on tap, advocates are pushing back
Mercury News

Gov. Newsom says mandatory statewide water restrictions for California may be on the way
San Francisco Chronicle

Wildfire smoke prompts Bay Area air quality advisory. Here's how bad it could get