Today's News Roundup

Aerial of housing developments, waterways and green space in Solano County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Mercury News

World Cup fans find connection and convenience on VTA light rail
Sacramento Bee

Heading to San Francisco for Pride? Here’s how to avoid traffic, parking fees
Patch

Free Bus Rides, Late-Night Trains Offered For Marin County Fair
Marin Independent Journal

SMART proposes train station in Geyserville
Local News Matters

Manteca Highway 99-120 interchange project opens, easing traffic at longtime bottleneck
San Jose Spotlight

Downtown San Jose parking fee hike riles local businesses
Radio 1010

A city that inspired Mamdani is bringing back bus fares
Local News Matters

Marin County allocates $2.3M for affordable housing, community projects
San Francisco Chronicle

This S.F. senior housing project is ready to build. Why can’t it move forward?
San Francisco Standard

A YIMBY lawmaker thought she had a deal to kill an anti-tax ballot measure. She was wrong
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Not a picture of success’: Report finds San Francisco homelessness department is failing to measure its own performance
San Francisco Chronicle

A major Bay Area hospital is eyeing a billion-dollar rebuild
Cal Matters

Tech billionaires hire Democratic dealmakers in renewed push to build a Bay Area city
Fairfield Daily Republic

Affordable housing bond step closer to ballot
San Francisco Chronicle

‘Very poor track record’: How S.F. planning failures keep causing rent spikes
Vacaville Reporter

Vacaville City Council places sales tax increase on November ballot
Press Democrat

North Bay’s Graton Resort and Casino to hire 300 more for $1 billion expansion
Mercury News

Tech companies launch Bay Area job cuts in fresh staffing reductions
Politico

$500 million AI jobs push launches with bipartisan backing
Cal Matters

A $28 minimum wage for California construction workers is dead — killed by construction workers
Mercury News

NOAA to allocate $21.3 million in support of California’s beleaguered commercial salmon fishery
Local News Matters

Too close for comfort? Bay Area phones buzz as NorCal quake triggers ShakeAlert system
The Oaklandside

Why Oakland teenagers spent days ripping up ivy along Glen Echo Creek
New York Times

California’s Plastic Law Goes to Court: Is It Too Strict or Too Lax?
Associated Press

Supreme Court ruling blocks thousands of lawsuits against maker of Roundup weedkiller