Today's News Roundup

A view of the West Span of the Bay Bridge from Marin, with San Francisco in the background. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

San Francisco Chronicle

BART and Muni are crowded again. Is Bay Area transit ridership finally back?
Mercury News

Traffic calming around schools will not work because of non-calm parents, architect says: Roadshow
Mercury News

How to boost EV sales? Pay drivers to turn in old polluting cars
Clean Technica

New Zero-Emissions Ferry For San Francisco Bay
Marin Independent Journal

Private island off Marin shoreline lists for $25M
Vallejo Times-Herald

Local 22-year-old becomes vocal opponent of California Forever
The Oaklandside

Who lives in downtown Oakland’s shiny new apartment towers?
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. supes don’t think latest housing hiccup will trigger a ‘builder’s remedy’ for Ocean Beach tower
Benzinga

Sacramento's Attempt To Build Affordable Housing Illustrates Why It's Almost Impossible
Mercury News

Late California loan payments at 15-month high. Should you worry?
SF Gate

Bay Area nonprofit Signal shows how bloated tech companies have become
San Francisco Chronicle

Sam Altman returns to the helm of OpenAI after leadership turmoil
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s new IKEA has enlivened former downtown ‘dead spot’ — but it hasn’t solved everything
San Francisco Chronicle

‘I’m just done with S.F.’: Longtime business could shut down due to crime, looming $2.5 million loan
Bay Nature

Newfangled Horizontal Levees Rise (Gently) Across the Bay
NBC Bay Area

Carbon capture company opens facility near Bay Area
Gilroy Dispatch

Mount Madonna School students work to revitalize campus lake ecosystem
San Francisco Chronicle

Thanksgiving forecast: Bay Area weather to shift throughout holiday weekend