Headlines, April 16
By
Roger Rudick
8:13 AM PDT on April 16, 2026
- SMART Train Ridership Up (PressDemocrat)
- San Jose Makes Transit Funding Plans (EastBayTimes)
- How is Caltrain Funded? (PaloAltoPost)
- Protests Over Proposed Housing Above Safeway (SFGate)
- Berkeley Raises Threshold to ‘Landmark’ Buildings (Berkeleyside)
- SF Crash Investigated as Homicide (EastBayTimes)
- But I Saw a Cyclist Run a Stop Sign Once (SFChron)
- More on Planned I-80 Closure (Berkeleyside, KTVU)
- Turning I-580 Breakdown Lane into a Carpool Lane (SFChron)
- Commentary: A Review of SMART Funding Measure (MarinIJ)
- Commentary: Reviewing the Political Realities of Sunset Dunes (SFChron)
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