Bay Area Faster, cheaper homes: Alameda County taps Oakland firm to advance SHIFT housing pilot By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | December 16, 2025 The company, with its “strong design approach,” has a track record of housing development on small, irregular, or undervalued parcels.
Elections Republicans ask federal court to overturn California’s new Prop. 50 maps By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | December 16, 2025 But the Prop 50 opponents’ odds look slim, especially after the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority recently blessed Texas’s new maps.
featured Bay Area veterans, local leaders urge feds to preserve planned VA clinic at Alameda Point By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | December 15, 2025 VA health care patients bounce from one clinic in Palo Alto, to another in San Francisco, to one in Oakland, to yet another in Antioch.
Environment Public comment opens on Marin County’s largest housing development project in years By Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News | December 15, 2025 Plans for the Strawberry site include a new senior residential care facility with up to 100 independent living units and 50 assisted living and memory-care apartments, along with 337 single- and multi-family homes.
BART BART fares to rise 6.2% in 2026 as ridership continues to rebound, budget gap persists By Gabe Agcaoili, Bay City News | December 15, 2025 Parking prices will also change on Jan. 1, though details were not specified.
climate change Fungal forests: New study reveals the fatal impacts of climate change on East Bay trees By Westley Burnham | Contra Costa Youth Journalism | December 15, 2025 Almost every major variety of tree in Contra Costa County has been impacted: oaks, manzanitas, tanoaks, eucalyptus, bay laurels and acacias.
crime San Jose family ran network of brothels earning $1M yearly, prosecutors say By Gabe Agcaoili | Bay City News | December 14, 2025 A married couple and one of their adult children ran at least 10 commercial sex brothels across Santa Clara County under the guise of massage parlors.
Environment Marin planners order deeper environmental review for contested Lucas Valley housing By Ruth Dusseault, Bay City News | December 14, 2025 Developer says county is violating state housing law.
Bay Area Alameda County Women’s Hall of Fame accepting nominations for 2026 inductees By Alameda County Women's Hall of Fame | December 12, 2025 Deadline is December 19.
Technology Trump’s new order against AI regulation hits California especially hard By Khari Johnson | CalMatters | December 11, 2025 Since 2016, California has enacted more AI regulations than any other state.