Today's News Roundup

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Karl Nielsen

Newsweek

California High-Speed Rail Line Gets Boost
Mercury News

When will America get its $25,000 electric car?
Mercury News

Drivers hit 196 animals, including mountain lions, on this Bay Area “roadkill hotspot.” A new project aims to make it safe for wildlife and cars
San Francisco Chronicle

MLK Jr. has 955 U.S. streets. A Bay Area road symbolizes his unrealized dream
Berkeleyside

Berkeley transportation commission to weigh plans for bikeway near proposed North Berkeley BART development
San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA to explore moving Valencia Street center bike lane to the curb
Mercury News

Electric flying taxi firm preps aviation web to slash Bay Area commutes
San Francisco Standard

Splinter group of Valencia Street merchants lashes out against new bike lane plan
San Francisco Standard

Cars or no cars? Voters to decide future of Great Highway
Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Terra Linda residents saw a problem, San Rafael officials responded
Los Angeles Times

The climate-driven push to stop expanding California’s traffic choked freeways hits a roadblock
Mercury News

California YIMBY group endorses Silicon Valley billionaire’s California Forever project
Mercury News

San Jose waives key building fees to spur downtown housing highrises
Mercury News

With rents on the decline, he decided to look for a new place. What could he find in the East Bay for $2,000?
Mercury News

California lost 222 big employers in 4 years, 3rd-most in the US
Local News Matters

San Mateo supervisors approve $30 per hour ‘livable wage’ for regular county employees
Local News Matters

New subscription service lets you know when air quality incidents happen in the Bay Area
Cal Matters

This giant freshwater fish — North America’s largest — gains California protection
San Francisco Chronicle

For five days in 1980, a great white shark named Sandy lived in Golden Gate Park