Today's News Roundup

An aerial shot of the Alviso Slough. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Mercury News

$6 a gallon?! California reaches another gas price record. Is there any relief ahead?
NBC Bay Area

California, Bay Area Gas Prices Soar Above $6 a Gallon
USA Today

Registrations for electric vehicles soar, signaling increasing mainstream acceptance
Mercury News

‘Hidden’ court penalties for traffic tickets could be reduced or removed: Roadshow
Berkeleyside

Berkeley’s first (legal) electric scooter rentals launching this week
Local News Matters

Santa Rosa to test out rentable e-scooters under pilot program starting this summer
NBC Bay Area

Downtown San Jose Transit Connection Plan
Los Angeles Times

Riding public transit in Los Angeles can be scary. Here are some things I’ve seen
San Francisco Chronicle

They waited years for affordable housing. Now, a new type of database could ease that problem
SF Gate

New problem at San Francisco's still-sinking Millennium Tower means it may be forever tilting
San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area cities where homeowners have saved up to $30,000 on property taxes in the real estate boom
Mercury News

Editorial: Martinez voters should protect ridgeline from development
San Francisco Chronicle

New data shows explosive growth of homelessness in these Bay Area suburbs
San Jose Spotlight

Amended settlement allows new housing in North San Jose
New York Times

A Birder Is Back in the Public Eye, Now on His Own Terms
SF Gate

'Substantial' weather pattern shift coming to California in May
San Francisco Chronicle

Scientists have just learned an amazing new fact about California redwood trees