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May 10, 2022
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Design teams make their trek on the walkway of the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge as the sun sets.
Design teams make their trek at sunset on the walkway of the Don Edwards Wildlife Refuge in Alameda County.
Karl Nielsen

The Bay Area’s headlines, all in one place.

Housing/Development

  • Is Mayor London Breed’s new S.F. supervisor pick a YIMBY? Here’s Matt Dorsey’s stance on housing [San Francisco Chronicle]
  • Report: Where Bay Area cities rank in workers returning to the office [Mercury News]
  • Economic shocks yet to strike Bay Area home prices [Mercury News]
  • San Jose officials tighten water restrictions for new developments [Local News Matters]
  • Anti-worker or pro-worker? Why labor unions are fighting over a housing bill [Cal Matters]

Transportation

  • Why trade unions oppose stopping California freeway expansion [Los Angeles Times]
  • Transit agencies struggle to access funding, rights-of-way, due to complex governance structures [Smart Cities]
  • Santa Rosa road network could fail without added maintenance dollars, officials say [Press Democrat]
  • Powering electric cars: the race to mine lithium in America’s backyard [Financial Times]
  • Remembering Norm Mineta [San Jose Spotlight]

Other

  • Divers pulled 25,000 pounds of trash from Lake Tahoe. Now they want to clean more Sierra lakes [San Francisco Chronicle]
  • Earth given 50-50 chance of hitting key warming mark by 2026 [Associated Press]

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