Today's News Roundup

KPIX

Bay Area transit systems look to ballot box for funding to overcome service cuts
Mercury News

Can I keep using my Clipper card, and other questions about the new Bay Area transit pay system
San Francisco Standard

Muni finally gets tap-to-pay
Daily Cal

AC Transit implements tap-to-pay and free local transfers
Vacaville Reporter

Wilson hosts Transportation Town Hall
Gilroy Dispatch

Grant brings Poppy Jasper scavenger hunt to public transit
Cal Matters

40,000 people died on California roads. State leaders looked away
Reuters

Judge rejects Trump administration bid to toss California high-speed rail suit
Mercury News

California transit agency apologizes, promises to change policy after ICE recruitment ad seen on bus
Marin Independent Journal

Marin supervisors back $74M debt guarantor plan for housing
Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito will use planning software to protect views
San Francisco Chronicle

State Supreme Court rejects California city’s long fight to avoid building housing
San Francisco Standard

Long-vacant Mission lot to get a Dorito-shaped apartment building
San Francisco Chronicle

Sam Altman says he can’t imagine raising a newborn without ChatGPT — and the internet is disappointed
NBC Bay Area

Palo Alto begins horizontal levee construction project
SF Gate

Palo Alto: Milestone Reached On Construction Of Water-Cleaning Levee
Knee Deep Times

Learning the Art of Burning to Prevent Wildfire
Knee Deep Times

Weaving Fire Protection Out Of What’s Already There
Knee Deep Times

Fall Plantings Build Pollinator Habitats in Concord
Knee Deep Times

Newark Needs Housing, But Could Shoreline Serve A Higher Purpose?
Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Sausalito sea-level plan needs to work for all