Newsom agrees to $590 million loan for Bay Area transit, reviving stalled aid plan

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state officials have agreed to provide a $590 million loan to Bay Area transit agencies, including BART ...

Regional: Deal Reached On $590 Million Loan To Prop Up Transit Agencies

State and local officials have agreed on a $590 million bridge loan to prop up Bay Area transit agencies until voters decide on a sales tax increase to bolster the systems.
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SF has the infrastructure to be a transit utopia. What's holding it back? Something small

Urban planners call it the "8 to 80" framework: If you design a city that works for 8-year-olds as well as 80-year-olds, you serve everyone in between.
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Mumbai: Fire breaks out in Govandi hutments, no injuries reported

A Level-I fire broke out in the Govandi area of eastern Mumbai on Friday morning, officials from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said. According to the BMC’s Mumbai Fire Brigade (MFB), ...

This tiny Bay Area downtown has cheap food, cool art and a 100-year-old indoor pool

Want to get away to a historic downtown with throwback prices in the Bay Area? Fairy houses, indoor swimming and a 295-acre ...