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$19 billion: Cost of high speed rail’s Bay Area link surges in latest report, without funding
Mercury News
‘On Day 1, the driving instructor put my son on Highway 17! What was he thinking?’
Mercury News
Controversial Oakland housing project at Lake Merritt stalls again
SF Chronicle
Lafayette Terraces project hits another delay
East Bay Times
Google village in downtown San Jose could achieve $19 billion value
Mercury News
Santa Rosa Sears site purchase to come back before the Board of Supervisors
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Sausalito officials probe impact of new housing law
Marin Independent Journal
Telegraph Avenue redesign gets green light from Berkeley City Council
Berkeleyside
S.F.’s plan to tax 40,000 empty homes under scrutiny
SF Examiner
California’s climate action plans fall behind on equity, sticking instead to boilerplate solutions, new study says
CA Public Radio
Watchdog on the water: Group uses drones to monitor the ‘fragile ecosystem’ of the Bay
SF Examiner
Newsom hypes 1 millionth electric vehicle sold in California, even if the details are “squishy”
Mercury News
‘Phantom gas tax’ hurts more as prices approach $5 a gallon: Roadshow
Mercury News
The Radical Roots of Bikesharing
Bloomberg
EV owners pay more per mile of range than gas car owners do
Business Insider
The California ZIP codes where home prices rose the most in the pandemic
San Francisco Chronicle
Where should Oakland build 26,000 new homes? The city wants to hear from you
East Bay Times
Petaluma welcomes first nine homes at People’s Village emergency shelter site
Local News Matters
Sausalito council makes decision to preserve Cypress Ridge Open Space from development
Local News Matters
San Mateo council needs more time for decision on ADU rules
San Mateo Daily Journal
Drought, fires and beetles — California’s forests are dying. Is it too late to save them?
San Francisco Chronicle
Bulb by bulb, this Bay Area outpost is preserving its dark sky in a quest to join an exclusive club
Mercury News
Climate Change Is Harming the Planet Faster Than We Can Adapt, U.N. Warns
New York Times
Speed camera tickets would be issued to owners of speeding cars: Roadshow
Mercury News
Here’s how much gas prices could go up in the Bay Area after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
San Francisco Chronicle

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