Today's News Roundup

Aerial view of Marin County, the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

San Mateo Daily Journal

San Mateo County opts into transit tax
Local News Matters

More trips, transfers, and transit options — MTC’s Clipper BayPass pilot shows promise
KGO-TV

Expanded Bay Bridge bike lanes among Caltrans future projects, more coming to Bay Area highways
Samtrans

The Big Sync: How SamTrans is teaming up to improve transit transfers on the Peninsula
Berkeleyside

Is your AC Transit bus line changing? New routes begin this Sunday
KPIX

Interstate 80 express toll lanes could officially launch in Solano County before year's end
Mercury News

Amazon’s Zoox driverless car gets clearance from US regulator
The Oaklandside

Alameda County has the Bay Area’s third-highest eviction rate
Mercury News

Deal boosts affordable homes development near proposed San Jose BART site
San Francisco Standard

A law meant to protect condo owners is landing them on a mortgage blacklist
New York Times

The 20-Somethings Are Swarming San Francisco’s A.I. Boom
Mercury News

California higher education layoffs: UC, Stanford and Cal State universities cut, freeze jobs
San Francisco Standard

Another Starbucks bites the dust: Why have so many SF cafes closed recently?
New York Times

What if San Francisco is the new Silicon Valley?
Richmondside

Accessing Richmond’s Point Molate will be easier once new trail is built
NBC Bay Area

Bay Area teen makes impact on helping marine life
San Francisco Chronicle

Scientists confirm that climate change is behind California’s earlier wildfire seasons
Politico

Trump is cutting solar funding — but California is taking the heat