Today's News Roundup

An aerial view of Contra Costa County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

San Francisco Chronicle

Muni’s riders give S.F. transit service highest rating in years, with one noticeable caveat
Mercury News

Two Bay Area transit agencies win national transportation awards
San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley transit service wins international award
Mercury News

VTA announces billions of dollars in federal funding for BART to San Jose
Local News Matters

Leaders, advocates laud $5.1B federal grant to boost extension of Silicon Valley BART
San Francisco Standard

BART to get more federal money than any transit project outside New York City
San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain to debut electric trains in a couple weeks
Mercury News

Free shuttle in Alameda will run through September
San Francisco Standard

Breed pressures SFMTA to kill Chinatown bike lanes after backlash
Mercury News

‘Charger hogs’ are ruining the electric vehicle experience. One company is clamping down on bad manners
Mercury News

Gas prices plummet in California over past three months
Mercury News

San Jose airport lands federal funding to bolster new terminal project
Press Democrat

Penngrove residents say traffic moving way too fast. Could ‘speed tables’ be one solution?
San Francisco Chronicle

Berkeley has a huge new dorm. The city’s downtown will never be the same
Berkeleyside

Dorm or luxury hotel? Peek inside UC Berkeley’s new $300M student housing complex
San Francisco Chronicle

Love Fest SF: Willie Brown rejects ‘doom loop’ label, invites world to visit city
Richmondside

Richmond has some of the worst air in the state. Our reporting aims to understand why.
KQED

See Which Bay Area Schools Are at Risk From Rising Seas
San Francisco Chronicle

Nation’s first citywide reusable cup program rolls out in the Bay Area