Today's News Roundup

SF Standard

BART Set To Ax $6.40 ‘Excursion Fare’ for Riders
Sacramento Bee

Rail strike averted: Biden signs bill enforcing agreement
Mercury News

Why did they install all these barriers on San Jose’s Hillsdale Avenue?: Roadshow
East Bay Times

VTA moves ahead to seize key downtown San Jose sites for BART project
East Bay Times

Massive subway and years of muck: $460 million contract paves way for San Jose BART tunnel
SF Examiner

S.F. holds surprising crown among major metros in pandemic era
SF Examiner

San Francisco looks to renew lease for cabin shelter at 33 Gough
Berkeleyside

BART picks developer team for North Berkeley housing
Mercury News

Two US cities among world’s most expensive places to live in 2022
SF Chronicle

These maps show exactly where San Francisco says it can build 60,000 new homes
Mercury News

Fed official: Inflation strips dignity from workers
East Bay Times

Tech and biotech Bay Area job cuts: more than 7,600 in two months
EdSource

Can trees reduce pollution at schools next to freeways? A Fresno campus tries plantings
San Francisco Chronicle

California’s big reservoirs projected to meet just 5% of demand next year as drought crisis deepens
Press Democrat

Sonoma County receives first installment of federal grant for wildfire resiliency