Today's News Roundup

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Karl Nielsen

Daily Cal

BART’s Earthquake Response Team is ready for “The Big One”
San Francisco Chronicle

SFO travel could worsen as U.S. plans 10% air traffic cut amid shutdown
Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Public officials right to step in on Highway 101 carpool expansion
SF Gate

SF Muni is making a comeback
KRON

Muni retiring iconic trains that debuted at height of 90s dot-com boom
Railway Age

Transit Briefs: SFMTA, NJT, SJJPA, DART, Caltrain, Denver RTD, Alstom
Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael board backs plan for cabin shelters
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose affordable apartment tower nears construction
San Francisco Examiner

Rodney Fong is champion of SF biz, downtown’s comeback
Mercury News

Tech companies chop 100-plus more Bay Area jobs in new layoff rounds
KQED

Bay Area Teen Uses Drones to Map the Wetlands He Grew Up Loving
Richmondside

At low tide dumped junk in Meeker Slough is an eyesore. But now Richmond has a cleanup plan
San Francisco Chronicle

Candlestick Point was a notorious landfill. Now it’s S.F.’s underrated outdoor gem
San Francisco Chronicle

Newsom says Trump is ‘doubling down on stupid’ as climate change battle heats up