Today's News Roundup

An aerial shot of the Alviso Slough. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Mass Transit

New poll shows Bay Area transit funding measure support is solid and strengthening
San Francisco Examiner

Iconic Bay Bridge troll’s legend lives on away from original home
Vacaville Reporter

Express lanes set to open in December
San Francisco Chronicle

BART to raise parking fees by up to 30%. Here’s when
San Mateo Daily Journal

SamTrans keeping close eye on structural deficit
San Francisco Standard

A quiet success story for Muni is running out of time
Marin Independent Journal

Marin Transit releases electric bus yard study
San Francisco Chronicle

Waymo expands robotaxi service to Bay Area freeways and airports
Mercury News

In U.S. first, pioneering Mountain View robotaxi company Waymo will take to Bay Area freeways
San Francisco Standard

Waymo will now drive on Bay Area freeways and in San José
San Francisco Chronicle

Massive housing plan would bring 1,800 units to site of abandoned S.F. Safeway
San Francisco Chronicle

Trump floats 50-year mortgages — experts call it ‘a horrible idea.’ Here’s why
San Francisco Chronicle

Sausalito’s vote for more housing could create the unthinkable: Urban density in Marin County
San Francisco Examiner

California Forever-bound Jim Wunderman reflects on leaving Bay Area Council
San Francisco Chronicle

This East Bay mall faces a financial crisis — even though it’s full of stores
San Francisco Examiner

Merchants say Castro Theatre's return to boost neighborhood resurgence
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco steals South Bay’s Super Bowl spotlight — again
San Francisco Chronicle

Northern lights seen over Bay Area as large geomagnetic storm hits
San Francisco Chronicle

Atmospheric river to hit California with heavy rain, strong winds. Here’s a timeline of the storm
New York Times

Trump Is Said to Propose Opening California Coast to Oil Drilling
Marin Independent Journal

Tiburon approves contract for sea level rise adaption plan