Today's News Roundup

A black and white vintage photo of a ferry cruising on water with the words SAN RAFAEL on the side, possibly from the 1930s.

San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo is offering robo taxi rides in S.F., if you're selected for its test program
Mercury News

Traffic tickets on a sliding scale? Is this some kind of joke? Roadshow
Local News Matters

Bailey Road/Highway 4 ramp removed in project to improve pedestrian access
San Jose Spotlight

VTA: Silicon Valley light rail could reopen this weekend
San Jose Inside

VTA Light Rail Trains Return, Passengers Are Next, Possibly This Week
San Mateo Daily Journal

Grade-separated East 31st Avenue opening in San Mateo
Richmond Standard

AC Transit to offer Fare Free Fridays in September
SF Gate

Bay Area seller's market is so hot they're taking built-in furniture and leaving pool tables
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. edged out as most expensive rental market in the country. Here's the new No. 1
San Francisco Chronicle

Editorial: Does California have the will to do something about its housing crisis? We're about to find out
East Bay Times

Bay Area apartment construction surged during COVID
Cal Matters

How sports arenas became the poster child of California’s housing crisis
Sacramento Bee

Finally, California home prices are starting to drop. But not by much
San Mateo Daily Journal

Single-family zoning could soon ease in California
Pleasanton Weekly

Why Pleasanton, Dublin, Danville and San Ramon appealed their RHNA allotments (and why Livermore didn't)
Associated Press

The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms
Bay Nature

With Recall Election, California’s Environmental Future Up for Vote