Today's News Roundup

An aerial shot of the Alviso Slough. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Bloomberg

Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways?
Associated Press

Travelers may no longer be required to remove shoes before boarding a plane
KRON

Oakland awarded $10m grant for safer streets, bike paths in East Oakland
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco’s new speed cameras caught nearly 100K violators in May
Alameda Post

AC Transit to Realign Routes Starting Sunday, August 10
San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans adopts capital improvement budgets
New York Times

Could the Electric Hydrofoil Ferry Change the Way We Commute?
New York Times

California Offers Spirited Defense of Bullet Train Project
Mercury News

Santana Row in San Jose is poised to produce its first housing in a decade
Mercury News

Opinion: Tax Silicon Valley Big Tech to rescue BART and other Bay Area transit
San Francisco Chronicle

This Marin County town is having a ‘freakout’ over a planned downtown apartment complex
SF Gate

'Shame on us': Wealthy Bay Area city weakens affordable housing law
Vacaville Reporter

Navigating Solano County market’s mood swings
San Francisco Standard

1,000 homeless beds short of goal, Lurie abandons signature campaign promise
San Francisco Examiner

Mahmood targets ‘outdated’ housing rules limiting unrelated housemates
Mercury News

Trump tariffs hike prices at downtown San Jose farmers market
Politico

Democrats retreat on climate: ‘It’s one of the more disappointing turnabouts’
Petaluma Argus-Courier

Sea lion rescued after lounging in Petaluma Outlets parking lot
San Francisco Chronicle

What Trump’s latest order means for national parks like Yosemite