Today's News Roundup

Green trees and grass along a pond or lake, and the blue sky above, cast a near-perfect reflection on the still water below. — Credit

Karl Nielsen

Mercury News

VTA will require all employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19
Mercury News

Why haven’t I had to get my 2016 car smog-tested? Roadshow
Petaluma Argus-Courier

Update: Local officials react to SMART station setback
Napa Valley Register

Napa must help hawks to build Soscol Junction
Mercury News

California could soon front the bill for school buses, transit passes
Bloomberg

How the Dutch Delivered a Traffic Safety Revolution
Marin Independent Journal

Golden Gate Transit bus drivers authorize strike
Mercury News

Bay Area cities win $5 million to create new housing policies
Sonoma Index-Tribune

Sonoma City Council, planning commission to talk housing
Marin Independent Journal

Fairfax to consider short-term rental fees, regulations
Cal Matters

Student housing is tight. A California plan wants $5 billion for affordable beds
Fairfield Daily Republic

Solano joins as yet unfunded ‘regional approach’ to threat from rising sea levels
KQED

This Bay Area Doctor Says Climate Action Is Central to Health
San Francisco Chronicle

Bay Area air quality officials seeking tougher regulators against East Bay Valero refinery following years of ‘harmful’ emissions
Mercury News

Bay Area wind turbines pose threat to ‘George Clooney’ of the bat world