Today's News Roundup

Pelican on a fence with a ferry and the Bay Bridge West Span in the distance.

San Francisco Chronicle

With Bay Area transit funding on ‘life support,’ advocates rally in S.F. for state money
Mercury News

Newsom says he’s working on Bay Area transit loan deal — but details being hashed out in secret
San Francisco Standard

SF leaders work back channels to save transit funding during weekend sprint
Daily Cal

$750 million transit loan talks delayed, potentially cutting BART and AC Transit service
San Mateo Daily Journal

High-speed rail accelerates need for grade separations in San Mateo County
Fresno Bee

What will Merced lose if it’s cut from CA’s Central Valley high-speed rail line?
Politico

Transit ‘death spiral’ could stymie climate fight
San Francisco Chronicle

Can S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie's ‘family zoning’ plan survive political backlash?
Mercury News

Where in California are investors the most active homebuyers?
Local News Matters

San Jose announces plan to launch AI tool to speed up building permit application process
Local News Matters

First affordable housing earmarked for teachers opens in SF’s Sunset District
San Jose Spotlight

Silicon Valley tool alerts homeless residents to available housing
San Francisco Standard

San Francisco’s boom loop in 15 simple charts
Gilroy Dispatch

Santa Clara County proposes major overhaul of rural, agricultural zoning rules
San Francisco Business Journal

German robotics startup RobCo picks San Francisco for U.S. headquarters
Local News Matters

East Palo Alto council considers engineering solutions for San Francisquito Creek flooding
Local News Matters

Californians asked to track monarch butterfly sightings to help save declining population
Press Democrat

Rare giant fish from ocean’s depths washes up on Sonoma Coast
KQED

Coyote Spotted Swimming in the San Francisco Bay to Angel Island