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Island's Owner Must Restore Wetlands, Pay $2.8M Fine For Illegal Levee Repairs

KQED

Study Finds Wildfire Smoke More Harmful to Humans Than Pollution From Cars

Mercury News

I got billed for my former car’s FasTrak charges: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

Mill Valley reworking East Blithedale Avenue bike lanes

Vacaville Reporter

STA taking nominations for bike commuter of the year

San Jose Inside

Plagued by Covid-related Delays, High Speed Rail Costs Rise

New York Times

To Stay or Go? Even With Vaccines, Travel Planning Remains Complicated

Mass Transit

SamTrans names operator, maintenance employees of the year

Marin Independent Journal

Editorial: Setting design guidelines key as new housing initiatives roll in

The Oaklandside

Berkeley moved toward banning single-family zoning. Oakland could take a first step

San Francisco Chronicle

Data keeps piling up: No 'mass exodus' from California during pandemic

San Francisco Chronicle

New satellite images show Northern California's kelp forest almost gone

Marin Independent Journal

Bolinas Lagoon flood project aims to redirect creek

Local News Matters

Project to protect Stinson Beach from rising seas receives state grant

San Francisco Examiner

Major construction on Central Subway to end by March 31

SF Gate

'A monstrous mistake': Remembering the ugliest thing San Francisco ever built

San Francisco Chronicle

Bike-car collisions drop sharply at Mount Diablo with surprisingly simple innovation

San Francisco Chronicle

Petaluma bans all new gas stations in push to curb emissions

Fairfield Daily Republic

STA’s Bike to Wherever Day 2021 celebrates cycling

SF Gate

Mayor Breed says SF's most beloved tourist attraction will return this year

San Jose Spotlight

VTA ponders shifting public comment, advocates cry foul

The Economist

It is possible to build houses cheaply in the Bay Area

San Francisco Chronicle

New data shows San Francisco apartment rents on the rise, just as the city reopens

San Francisco Chronicle

Google is funding 3 Bay Area affordable housing projects as part of $1 billion pledge

San Francisco Chronicle

Oakland has built few affordable units. Will changing its housing fees create more homes?

Mercury News

The key to preventing catalytic converter theft is right outside your door: Roadshow

Marin Independent Journal

New rules brewing on San Geronimo Valley development

San Mateo Daily Journal

Foster City concerned about potential new housing law

Petaluma Argus Courier

Petaluma lags in adding affordable housing, while a new plan would double requirements

East Bay Times

COVID economy: Bay Area residents exit region in growing numbers, study finds

Cal Matters

Bidding wars and overblown fears: The curious case of the California exodus

San Francisco Chronicle

After California and Texas blackouts, environmentalists push for faster transition to renewable energy

San Francisco Chronicle

Silicon Valley BART extension axed from federal stimulus bill after Republican protests

SF Gate

BART expansion nicknamed 'Pelosi's Subway' axed from Senate COVID bill

Bloomberg

Pete Buttigieg Stresses a ‘Fix It First’ Infrastructure Policy

New York Times

Farther, Faster and No Sweat: Bike-Sharing and the E-Bike Boom

New York Times

How Green are Electric Vehicles?

SF Gate

Bay Area city becomes first in the US to ban new gas stations

San Francisco Examiner

Streetcars and cable cars to return later this year

San Francisco Chronicle

S.F. is compromising on a partly car-free Twin Peaks: 'Hardly visionary'

Mercury News

Caltrans completes $19 million improvement to Highway 17; Fishhook still under construction

Mercury News

You probably don’t know how to drive your SUV correctly: Roadshow

Napa Valley Register

American Canyon approves another wine warehouse, with bike trail extension to Napa

Mass Transit

Transit authorities to launch major new initiatives in coming years

East Bay Times

Fremont’s high housing impact fees putting “spotlight” on the city, could go higher

Mercury News

Which big city has California’s most-overvalued homes?

Press Democrat

Affordable housing project takes shape in west Santa Rosa

Marin Independent Journal

San Rafael mandates eviction payments for tenants in Canal area

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito explores housing for city employees

Vallejo Times Herald

Planning commission OK’s 132-unit apartment complex for south Vallejo

Bloomberg

What It Will Take to Close the Race Gap in Home Appraisals

Los Altos Online

State officials: Los Altos can meet housing goal

San Francisco Chronicle

Yes, San Francisco may charge higher taxes on sales of higher-priced properties, court affirms

Mercury News

Sierra snowpack at 61% as new drought looms for California this summer

San Francisco Chronicle

When Marin's best transit system reached end of line

Mercury News

Is McKean Road San Jose’s latest deathtrap? Roadshow

San Francisco Examiner

SFMTA board to vote on future of Twin Peaks Boulevard

Press Democrat

Affordable housing project takes shape in west Santa Rosa

Marin Independent Journal

Sausalito homeless campers can stay at park, judge rules

Napa Valley Register

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