Today's News Roundup

Looking up at the Salesforce Tower and the decorative exterior metal latticework of the Transbay Terminal. — Credit

Noah Berger

Berkeleyside

Residents blast BART’s plan to build bulky power facility at Ashby station
Cal Matters

Here’s how California’s electric cars can feed the grid and help avoid brownouts
Politico

Tale of two transit systems: New York, on track, watches as New Jersey heads toward a cliff
New York Times

New Jersey Sues Over Congestion Pricing in New York City
San Francisco Chronicle

Can driverless cars solve S.F.’s parking problems? Here’s what a new study suggests
Planetizen

Improving Transit Access to Parks and Trails
Axios

Disability advocates push for robotaxis
KRON

Are self-driving cars a menace?
Mercury News

Beautiful Highway 13 vegetation is being cut back — for good reason: Roadshow
SF Gate

San Francisco's Valencia Street was dangerous for cyclists. Is the 'solution' making it worse?
Local News Matters

Amid slew of complaints, SFMTA asks state to tap brakes on autonomous vehicle expansion
San Jose Spotlight

Moffett Park development can anchor Sunnyvale’s future
Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael invests $1.45M in affordable housing projects
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. is the epicenter of the AI boom. Will it always be?
San Francisco Chronicle

Many San Franciscans never liked downtown. Now they’re learning they can’t live without it
San Francisco Examiner

What doom loop? Venture capital (still) loves SF
Mercury News

Bay Area hiring surges in June, powered by big South Bay job gains
Daily Cal

Efforts to combat Bay Area sea level rise prove costly
Marin Independent Journal

College of Marin sets groundbreaking for Bolinas marine lab project