Today's News Roundup

The Bay Bridge is illuminated against the night sky as lightning strikes overhead. — Credit

Noah Berger

San Francisco Standard

Why Can’t You Bike Over the Bay Bridge Into Downtown San Francisco?
San Mateo Daily Journal

Caltrain to pilot bi-level dual electric, battery powered train
Trains

Caltrain orders battery-electric trainset for trial operation
San Francisco Chronicle

Why BART is getting rid of its old 'legacy fleet' trains
Mercury News

Readers confounded by chaos at roundabouts, school drop-off: Roadshow
Cal Matters

Hardly anyone owns a hydrogen car. California may pay up to $300 million for fuel stations anyway
Contra Costa Herald

Plan Bay Area 2050+ Draft Blueprint: Tell us what you think
San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. emergency vehicle rams Cruise car in Tenderloin intersection, injuring passenger
San Francisco Examiner

Here's when Waymo will start charging riders in The City
KTVU

New autonomous vehicle shuttle on Treasure Island
SF Gate

Someone bought 52,000 acres in the Bay Area. No one knows who they are.
Mercury News

Mortgage rates top 7%, reaching highest level in two decades
NBC Bay Area

‘Perfect financial storm' makes home buying more difficult
Cal Matters

As one more housing project stalls on noise concerns, another head sprouts from ‘CEQA Hydra’
San Francisco Chronicle

Tourists are coming back to S.F., but full recovery could still be years away
Mercury News

Bay Area adds jobs in July — but pace of job gains slows drastically
Marin Independent Journal

Marin City shopping center signs wave of tenants
Marin Independent Journal

Tomales Bay invaded by invertebrates from Southern Hemisphere
San Francisco Chronicle

Fish-killing toxic algae bloom has left San Francisco Bay for now
San Francisco Chronicle

California wildfire risk predicted to be mild through fall
Press Democrat

Crews work to eradicate invasive, flammable Arundo canes from the Russian River banks in Healdsburg