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BART Just Had Its Best Month Since the Pandemic. It's Also Borrowing $88 Million to Stay Solvent.

In May 2026, BART logged 202,650 average weekday trips — its highest since before the pandemic.

June 24, 2026

Five Minutes on the Clock, One Impatient Owner: What Mike Dunleavy Was Actually Doing in the Warriors' Draft Room

The camera found Warriors GM Mike Dunleavy mid-gesture, phone already in hand, his boss Joe Lacob pacing a tight circle…

June 24, 2026

Decades of Racist Jury‑Rigging in Alameda County Now Carries a $572 Million Price Tag

Two men who spent a combined 64 years on California's Death Row after being convicted in trials where prosecutors…

June 24, 2026

The Airport That Generates $85 Billion Says Contractor Wages Are None of Its Business

Two weeks after San Francisco International Airport released a report boasting $85 billion in regional economic impact…

June 24, 2026

Five Years Suppressed, Then Released — Vallejo's Badge‑Bending Report Delivers Paper‑Thin Accountability

Vallejo on Tuesday finally released a long-buried investigation confirming what many already knew: department officers…

June 24, 2026

PG&E CEO Promised Flat Bills. California's Consumer Watchdog Sees $840 More Per Year by 2030.

California's ratepayer advocate has forecast that typical PG&E customers could be paying $840 more per year by 2030 — a…

June 24, 2026

Fielder Returns to District 9 With a Specific Agenda — and a Story She's Willing to Tell

Jackie Fielder will be back at City Hall on Sunday, three months after a mental health collapse sent her to the…

June 23, 2026

The Giants Chose Silence. On Tuesday, Posey Made It Official.

Buster Posey held his first press availability since the Giants' Pride Night controversy became a national story — and…

June 23, 2026

Washington Killed Pacifica's Seawall Money. Surfers Have a Different Idea.

The pier cracked. The cafe where surfers plotted their fix was demolished. The federal grant Pacifica had been…

June 23, 2026

Oakland Controls Its Airport. It Can't Stop the Weapons.

For nearly a year, activists have documented hundreds of military cargo shipments — including F-35 bomb-release systems…

June 23, 2026

Herrera's SFPUC Exit Leaves SF's Public Power Future in Lurie's Hands

Dennis Herrera is leaving the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission in December, closing a 25-year run in city…

June 23, 2026

San Mateo Cracked the Downtown Revival Code. San Francisco Hasn't Called.

When San Mateo wanted to revive its downtown, it didn't wait for a grant or a ballot measure — its merchants voted to…

June 23, 2026

While Bay Area Cities Drop Flock, SF's Crypto‑Funded Surveillance Hub Integrates Deeper

Four Bay Area municipalities and Santa Clara County have canceled or frozen contracts with Flock Safety since federal…

June 22, 2026

Merchants Accuse SFMTA of Shelving Ocean Avenue Red Lanes to Protect November Ballot Measure

A newly formed merchants group is calling SFMTA's decision to delay Ocean Avenue's transit-only red lanes a political…

June 22, 2026

Nob Hill Building Was Sold on Its Eviction Potential. The Tenants Got the Notice.

The sales listing for 1120 Jackson St. promised buyers "224% rental upside achievable through unit turnover." Within…

June 22, 2026

EPA's Retroactive Reclassification of California Clean Air Waivers Faces Lawsuit

California's attorney general filed suit Monday to block an unprecedented EPA move that retroactively redefines the…

June 22, 2026

A San Jose Engineer Just Cracked Adobe's Tower Puzzle — Three Years After It Launched

Brian Vincent, a software engineer from San Jose, has solved the third Adobe Semaphore puzzle — a cryptographic…

June 22, 2026

Berkeley's Tuesday Budget Vote Could Save a 43‑Year Tenant's Home — or Let the Market Have It

A 23-unit Berkeley apartment complex where some residents have lived for more than four decades went on the market in…

June 22, 2026

Clipper's Oversight Board Cancelled Its June Meeting With No Explanation. The Stated Reason: FIFA.

The Clipper Executive Board cancelled its meeting this week without any public explanation, sidelining the body…

June 22, 2026

Lurie's New Chief of Staff Wrote the Law That Lets Him Spend Private Money

The aide Mayor Daniel Lurie just elevated to chief of staff, Aly Bonde, is the person who drafted his first major piece…

June 21, 2026

'Stronger Muni for All' Is Mayor Lurie's Committee — and Its Three Biggest Funders Are OpenAI, Anthropic and Ripple

The campaign to tax San Francisco property owners for Muni calls itself "Stronger Muni for All" and sells a coalition…

June 20, 2026

Midjourney Is Collecting Body Scans Now. No FDA Approval. No Listed Price. No Disclosed Data Policy.

The AI company that gave the world machine-generated imagery is now after something more intimate — your full biometric…

June 19, 2026

VTA Was Warned in 2019. It Didn't Listen. Now a Grand Jury Is Sounding the Same Alarm on a $12.75 Billion BART Extension.

A Santa Clara County civil grand jury has declared that the Valley Transportation Authority has no credible plan to…

June 19, 2026

Bay Area Road Funding Is About to Fall Off Two Cliffs at Once

A new national research report finds deficient roads and traffic congestion already cost the average Bay Area driver…

June 19, 2026