Housing California Legislature overrides local zoning to boost transit-oriented development By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | September 12, 2025 California lawmakers just laid the groundwork for a highly targeted building boom.
environment In last-minute scramble, California lawmakers fail to deliver promised environmental reform By Yue Stella Yu and Alejandra Reyes-Velarde | CalMatters | September 12, 2025 The pro-development Assembly has pushed to cut red tape to build more housing faster.
Bay Area AIDS funding at risk: Bay Area HIV providers brace for cuts, warn progress could unravel By Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | September 12, 2025 Of the estimated 1.1 million people estimated by the CDC to have HIV in the US, approximately 143,254 people, or 12%, live in California.
California CA passes ICE mask ban in closing days of legislative session By Lynn La | CalMatters | September 12, 2025 Measure forces law enforcement officers to identify themselves; proposal now awaits Newsom’s decision.
California Californians asked to track monarch butterfly sightings to help save declining population By Sarah Stierch, Bay City News | September 9, 2025 The 29th annual Western Monarch Count starts in October.
Housing Alameda County rolls out program to cut red tape from affordable housing development By Kiley Russell, Bay City News | September 8, 2025 County is seeking a qualified architectural firm to help make it happen.
Bay Area Renderings show proposed public plaza, lagoon overlook at SF’s Fisherman’s Wharf By Thomas Hughes | Bay City News | September 8, 2025 In place of the iconic Alioto's Restaurant, the new waterfront plaza will open up views and strengthen the connection to the fishing industry.
Bay Area We belong outdoors: Bay Area groups battle inequity to make nature accessible for all By Anna Tran | Bay City News | September 7, 2025 Bay Area’s great outdoors often mirrors its difficult history of systemic inequality, revealing who gets access to nature and who doesn’t.
BART ‘It feels like a cyber-attack’: Computer issue snarled commute for thousands of BART riders By Dan McMenamin and Andres Jimenez Larios | Bay City News | September 5, 2025 Computer upgrade gone wrong paralyzed BART on Friday.
gavin newsom A California city tried to ban homeless shelters. It’s giving up after Newsom’s lawsuit By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | September 5, 2025 The fight started in 2024 when Norwalk in LA County approved a ban on emergency shelters, supportive housing and several businesses that predominantly serve low-income residents.