Today's News Roundup

39 seagulls perch on shallow water of a bay, and one flies with an extended wingspan. The water is the same light-orange-beige color as the sky above. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Local News Matters

Caltrain remains on track to electric service launch this fall following successful test run
KRON

BART legacy fleet to be fully retired next month
SF Gate

California bullet train project needs another $100 billion to complete route from San Francisco to Los Angeles
Mercury News

Copper wire thefts from VTA sites have caused $500,000 in damage this year
Next City

An App That Helps Riders With Vision Loss Navigate Complex Transit Systems
Governing

What Drives Republican Opposition to Transit?
San Francisco Chronicle

United Airlines has had a string of incidents. But is it still safe to fly with the carrier?
San Francisco Standard

Clapping back against new density limits, a developer dares to go higher in Telegraph Hill
Mercury News

Housing advocates in Livermore decry what they see as a new tactic for NIMBYs
San Francisco Chronicle

Shellmound site will be returned to Ohlone under historic settlement in Berkeley
Berkeleyside

Berkeley will buy Ohlone shellmound site, return it to Indigenous land trust
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s Presidio’s infrastructure is getting a major overhaul. Construction could take years
San Francisco Standard

Downtown’s promised huge skyscraper is going nowhere fast, will be redesigned
San Francisco Examiner

Supe wants hearing on The City's homeless-shelter progress
Marin Independent Journal

Fairfax housing element close to state certification
San Francisco Chronicle

TikTok in talks to take over chunk of Meta’s downtown S.F. office
Mercury News

Valley Fair in San Jose expands luxury collection with new merchants
San Francisco Chronicle

Accounting giant renews lease in downtown S.F. — but for less than three years
Cal Matters

Large California companies will soon face new rules on how they use AI
San Francisco Chronicle

California rolls out first-of-a-kind permanent water restrictions for cities and towns. Here are the details
Fairfield Daily Republic

Annual Earth Day Cleanup coming in April