Today's News Roundup

An aerial view of Contra Costa County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Cal Matters

How much should California spend to build up public transit?
SF Gate

Construction of Brightline bullet train from SoCal to Vegas set to begin
Mercury News

Roadshow: Is defacing license plates to fool toll camera readers on the rise in Bay Area?
Cal Matters

Undoing the past: Lawmakers seek to mend California neighborhoods sliced by highways
Cal Matters

Jump-starting electric car batteries: Will supply problems stall California’s mandate?
San Francisco Chronicle

BART’s second Transbay Tube could get quashed as planners scale back megaproject
East Bay Times

East Bay lawmaker blasts ‘open sore’ at BART, resigns from Senate committee
San Francisco Examiner

Thousands of potholes have appeared in SF, thanks to storms
SF Gate

Coit Tower, one of SF’s most iconic landmarks, once had residents
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco is at its most ‘unaffordable’ point in at least a decade. Here’s what that means
Marin Independent Journal

Golden Gate Village residents to benefit from $2 million fund
NBC Bay Area

A Closer Look: Bay Area's Economic Outlook
Mercury News

Tech, restaurant, logistics layoffs trigger more than 300 Bay Area job cuts
SF Gate

‘Storm door’ will likely remain wide open in the Bay Area this March
Mercury News

Editorial: Gov. Newsom takes page out of Trump’s water playbook
Marin Independent Journal

Marin environmental groups seek redo of Sausalito school creek plan
San Francisco Chronicle

Yosemite breaks snow record; park closed indefinitely
Local News Matters

Regional park district to preserve 768-acre ranch site near Mount Diablo as open space