Today's News Roundup

Looking down the length of the two spans of the Carquinez Bridge.

Mercury News

BART launches array of transit changes as “fiscal cliff” looms
KRON

Big changes to BART service schedule starting Monday
Local News Matters

Sonoma County roundabout project receives $1.5M to improve 121/12/8th Street junction
San Francisco Chronicle

Will tough new fare gates really solve BART’s problems?
Mercury News

Major San Jose trail would link to future BART station by 2031
Cal Matters

California scales back electric car rebates to focus on lower-income car buyers
SF Gate

Bay Bridge now a sideshow destination on 'semi-constant basis,' officials say
San Jose Spotlight

Mallon: Creating a public transit system we can be proud of
Mercury News

Highway 87 set for weekend closures in coming weeks: Roadshow
San Francisco Examiner

SF officials fire back after Cruise CEO calls criticism overblown
Press Democrat

Sonoma among the most ‘walkable’ cities in California, says Locale Magazine
Local News Matters

No more ‘delays’: SF city supe urges housing authorities to shelter 500 in vacant units
SF Gate

Developers were asked to shrink an SF housing project. They added 6 stories.
San Francisco Chronicle

A YIMBY dream or urban sprawl 2.0? Housing activists divided over proposed Solano County city
San Francisco Chronicle

UC Berkeley housing crunch: Building heights could rise to create thousands of new units
San Francisco Chronicle

Jeff Bezos’ ex MacKenzie Scott donates $20M to S.F. affordable housing trust
Associated Press

California lawmakers vote to fast-track low-income housing on churches’ lands
Marin Independent Journal

Larkspur approves rent control ordinance
San Jose Spotlight

Mountain View turns hotel into permanent housing
San Francisco Chronicle

New major tenant is replacing Nordstrom at S.F.’s Stonestown Galleria
San Francisco Examiner

SF leaders’ latest antidote to the ‘doom loop?’ Plants
Mercury News

Meet the volcano scientist protecting us from the next California eruption