Today's News Roundup

Looking down the tunnel and train tracks of an Amtrack train line, with a train on the right. — Credit

John Huseby

San Jose Spotlight

Cupertino to install license plate reader cameras
Bloomberg

The Dark Prophet of Car-Clogged Cities
Bloomberg

How Britain’s Most Bike-Friendly New Town Got Built
San Francisco Chronicle

Supervisor wants to diagnose why S.F. builds slower than other cities
Mercury News

A ‘stupid system’: Bay Area homebuyers frustrated by rampant underpricing in real estate listings
KQED

San Francisco Considers Pausing Empty Homes Tax
San Francisco Standard

Remote work is losing its grip on SF, at last
San Francisco Examiner

AI companies’ booming demand could drive SF real-estate rebound
Mercury News

Santana Row in San Jose gets fresh crop of stores and dining merchants
Richmondside

Vote on Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bike lane postponed
San Francisco Chronicle

3.9-magnitude earthquake jolts S.F. Bay Area
Contra Costa News

East County Mobility Hub Town Hall Meeting Set for Thursday
San Francisco Chronicle

California wants to send more hazardous waste to local landfills
San Francisco Chronicle

Pickleball on top of downtown S.F. parking garages? Muni is exploring the possibility
Marin Independent Journal

Marin coast hazard policy effort dealt new setback
SFMTA

Podcast: For the Love of Muni
The Oaklandside

‘Striking’ data on Lake Merritt’s Chinook salmon has surfaced. But a mystery remains
San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area airport traffic is down — except to this overseas destination
Mercury News

Jane Goodall returns to Carmel to help save sea otters
San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo’s robotaxis can now ‘map’ SFO, paving the way for airport service
Mercury News

Santa Clara County judge temporarily denies VTA’s request for injunction to stop strike