Today's News Roundup

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Karl Nielsen

Gilroy Dispatch

Bike to Wherever in May
San Francisco Examiner

Study: EVs do help air pollution, but really only benefit the wealthy
Nation Review

Public Transit Is a Disaster
Governing

High Stakes Budget Battle for California's Public Transit
Marin Independent Journal

State to consider Highway 37 toll
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Toll proposed for North Bay’s Highway 37
San Francisco Examiner

Screech! What led to complaints of a loud N Judah
The Oaklandside

Thao’s budget would give road safety a small boost
Mercury News

Transporting harp from San Francisco no laughing matter … except in this case: Roadshow
Mercury News

Oakland airport passenger traffic jumps as post-COVID upswing continues
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. home prices are still declining. Is it one sign of the ‘doom loop’?
San Francisco Chronicle

Another housing battle brews in S.F. This time, it’s over 1906 quake shacks
San Mateo Daily Journal

Offices, housing planned for East 3rd 7-Eleven site in San Mateo
Marin Independent Journal

Belvedere housing plan scrutinized by state
Cal Matters

A Bay Area homebuilder planned a project with union rules. Can it work anywhere else?
Bloomberg

Housing-Strapped States Reach for a Fraught Fix: the ‘Builder’s Remedy’
San Francisco Chronicle

Downtown S.F. has 18.4 million square feet of empty office space. We mapped every vacancy
San Francisco Chronicle

What comes next for S.F.’s emptying downtown? Here’s the inconvenient truth
Mercury News

Reinvention of downtown Sunnyvale moves ahead with three new projects
San Francisco Chronicle

The week is starting off chilly in the Bay Area. Here’s when it will finally warm up
KQED

Celebration and Concern: Hetch Hetchy Reservoir Turns 100, But Climate Change Complicates its Future