Today's News Roundup

A view of San Francisco's skyline from the hills of Marin County. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Railway Age

Transit Briefs: BART
San Francisco Chronicle

He used to be homeless. Now he cuts hair for mayors under an S.F. BART tunnel
Mercury News

Reflective clothing might not look ‘cool’ on the road, but it hopefully will get you noticed: Roadshow
Mercury News

VTA purchases $76 million tunnel boring machine for BART’s San Jose extension
KQED

SF Taxi Drivers Are Still Waiting for Loan Relief for Their City-Purchased Medallions
San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA keeps Hayes Street car-free for another year with a catch
Local News Matters

Petaluma police to replace tickets with free repair vouchers, one broken light at a time
San Francisco Chronicle

Cyclists, drivers square off as planners weigh fate of bike path on Bay Area bridge
NBC Bay Area

Bay Area transportation leaders propose all-lane freeway tolling
KPIX

VR360: BART enthusiast still optimistic
Mercury News

Housing project may sprout at big North San Jose office building site
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose leaders clear path for new homes in Willow Glen
Bloomberg

Affordable Housing Taxes Sweep the Ballots in Three US Cities
Mercury News

Can a person live out of a 3×3 space? One East Bay city says homeless must.
Mercury News

Will California ever have another buyer’s market for homes?
The Oaklandside

The pandemic clobbered cities. How is Oakland’s downtown doing?
The Oaklandside

Oakland’s plan to revamp downtown is 8 years in the making
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F.’s NextDoor to cut 25% of workers amid ongoing wave of tech layoffs
Mercury News

Tech and biotech firms slash hundreds of Bay Area jobs as layoffs widen
Cal Matters

Though critical to the economy, California’s young workers toil in low-wage work
The Oaklandside

Oakland is getting $15M from the state to turn a Temescal motel into housing
Mercury News

Seven in 10 Californians say kids growing up there will be worse off