Today's News Roundup

A vintage black and white photo of the Eureka ferryboat on the water, shown at an angle from the front-right-hand side.

San Jose Spotlight

VTA touts spending plan for possible Bay Area sales tax increase
San Mateo County Transit District

Podcast: Hop Off Here: Spring hiking by transit, SamTrans getaways, and Caltrain's Destination Downtown
KQED

Driving in the Bay Area Is Essential for Many. It’s Only Gotten More Expensive
San Francisco Chronicle

California gas prices resume their upward march and are now nearing a milestone
Mercury News

As e-bikes surge across the Bay Area, deaths and injuries reveal a gap in oversight
San Francisco Examiner

Mayor celebrates progress bringing permitting into the digital age
San Francisco Standard

SF’s AI-fueled real estate craziness spills over to the suburbs
Sacramento Bee

California committee kills bill aiming to end tax break for corporate landlords
Local News Matters

Decades in the works, Brisbane development to add 2,000 housing units nears final review
San Jose Spotlight

Sunnyvale slow to help homeless people living in RVs
San Francisco Chronicle

A century-old S.F. church survived earthquakes. Now it’s part of a real estate sell-off
San Francisco Standard

Why the skyscraper race is back on when SF has plenty of empty offices
Mercury News

Super Micro Computer plans new San Jose tech campus where hundreds could work
Associated Press

College students are changing course in search of ‘AI-proof’ majors. But no one knows what they are
San Francisco Chronicle

Why thousands of blue sea creatures are suddenly appearing on California beaches
NBC Bay Area

A closer look at how climate change affects roly-polies
KPIX

Extinct butterfly at San Francisco Presidio being replaced with close relative