Today's News Roundup

Aerial view of Marin County, the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, the San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Richmond Standard

WestCAT celebrates 20 years of Lynx service with free rides
North Bay Business Journal

Vine Transit adds new electric buses to fleet
San Francisco Chronicle

Sleeping at the wheel? Semiautonomous cars are tempting some drivers to bypass safeguards
Bloomberg

Amtrak Debuts New High-Speed Acela Trains After Years of Delays
Fairfield Daily Republic

Gas prices jump before Labor Day, expected to drop with autumn
San Jose Spotlight

San Jose students get free bikes to commute to school
Los Angeles Times

Southwest changing its extra-seat policy for plus-size travelers: ‘Heartbreaking’
Local News Matters

Southwest Airlines partners with EVA Air to streamline Taiwan bookings, transfers at SFO
San Jose Spotlight

Santa Clara County scores millions for affordable housing project
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. apartment rents surge again in August to highest level since April 2020
Berkeleyside

Amoeba Music plans to build apartments above its Telegraph Avenue store
Cal Matters

Why California backed down from forcing landlords to keep residents cool
Mercury News

Which workers earn six figures in California?
Cal Matters

America’s economy runs on data. What Trump’s firing of a top data chief means for California
The Oaklandside

Oaklanders vs. pollution: on the podcast
Mercury News

Orphaned baby foxes released after receiving care in Saratoga wildlife facility