Bay Area Bay Area’s post-pandemic economic recovery is among worst in large metro areas By Eli Walsh | Bay City News Foundation | February 28, 2023 Pandemic recovery was measured via 15 different metrics, including local population growth, office occupancy, and the construction of new housing.
COVID-19 How much should California spend to build up public transit? By Sameea Kamal | CalMatters | February 28, 2023 The farebox recovery funding model may not be the most viable.
gavin newsom Relief for California’s gas price pains By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | February 2, 2023 Natural gas prices have soared in the Golden State even as prices nationally have fallen.
Bay Area More than a million undocumented immigrants gained driver’s licenses in California By Wendy Fry | CalMatters | January 27, 2023 The state is ready to expand the Safe and Responsible Drivers Act, now in its seventh year.
gavin newsom Your questions about California’s gas rebate answered By Grace Gedye | CalMatters | October 19, 2022 Answers to popular questions, including whether it matters how many cars you have and why the rebate is based on 2020 tax returns.
gavin newsom Newsom calls special session on gas rebate By Alexei Koseff | CalMatters | October 7, 2022 Californians pay around $2.50 more per gallon of gas than the national price average.
Arts & Entertainment SF producer creates virtual tour of enslaved community freed in 1861 By Amelia Williams | Bay City News Foundation | October 4, 2022 The Free and Equal Project app tells the story of the Port Royal Experiment, during which enslaved peoples in the Sea Islands were freed by the Union Army early in the U.S. Civil War. (Photo courtesy Michael Epstein)
Arts & Entertainment Touring the nature trails and history museum at China Camp State Park By Larry Sokoloff | Bay City News Foundation | September 26, 2022 The historic coastal site receives no state funding.
Around Town Revisiting the Tahoe Rim Trail Hike By Nick Levinson | August 9, 2022 More adventures around Lake Tahoe -- amazing hikes, great heights, and views to match.
Climate Sea change: Crew returns with 96 tons of plastic from the Pacific By Olivia Wynkoop | Bay City News Foundation | August 7, 2022 The journey was only part of the Bay Area nonprofit organization Ocean Voyages Institute’s mission to clean up fields of garbage.