Bay Area What did California lawmakers talk about this year? These 10 bills sparked hours of debate By Ryan Sabalow, CalMatters | December 29, 2025 Antisemitism, transit-oriented housing, charter schools, ICE agents, gerrymandering, and more were hot topics in Sacramento.
Bay Area Costs of tolls, public transit set to rise for Bay Area commuters beginning in January By Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News | December 27, 2025 It will now cost $8.50 to cross most Bay Area bridges.
Bay Area Judge halts courthouse immigration arrests by ICE in Bay Area, citing ‘irreparable harms’ By Tanay Gokhale, Bay City News | December 27, 2025 The ICE arrests outside courthouses represented a departure from the decades-long bipartisan agreement that courthouses were sensitive locations.
Environment ‘Will cost the town dearly’: Los Gatos warned against fighting builder’s remedy project By Mike Langberg, San Jose Spotlight | December 26, 2025 Los Gatos has received 16 builder's remedy projects and approved three so far.
Housing Year in review: Big changes to California housing policy By Ben Christopher | CalMatters | December 24, 2025 Democratic lawmakers finally got serious about building.
California Year in review: Homelessness policy gets more punitive By Marisa Kendall | CalMatters | December 24, 2025 State and local governments became more aggressive in sweeping homeless encampments in 2025, among other measures.
Bay Area Over the river, through the woods… Bay Area airports, roads to be full of holiday travelers By Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News | December 23, 2025 AAA says that the worst time to travel is between noon and 8 p.m. while the best time is before 10 a.m.
Bay Area Meet you at the gate: OAK airport guest pass allows non-ticketed visitors through security By Andres Jimenez Larios, Bay City News | December 23, 2025 Submit your request up to seven days in advance.
Bay Area SF supe calls for hearing on Waymo’s stalled cars ‘making matters worse’ during outage By Kathleen Kirkwood, Bay City News | December 23, 2025 There were reports on social media throughout the weekend of driverless cars stuck at intersections, their lights blinking, seemingly confused by downed traffic signals.
Bay Area Power fully restored in San Francisco days after PG&E substation fire By Gabe Agcaoili, Bay City News | December 23, 2025 The outage over a busy holiday weekend affected 130,000 customers.