Braced for Roe v. Wade overturn, California expands abortion services bayareane.ws/3vDASFi

Norman Y. Mineta, former San Jose mayor, U.S. transportation secretary, dies at 90 bayareane.ws/3kCyvfC

Exclusive: Text messages reveal top-ranking VTA officials and Mayor Sam Liccardo urged one another to conceal a federal cost estimate that added $2 billion to the latest publicized price tag for bringing BART trains to downtown San Jose. w/ Eliyahu Kamisher mercurynews.com/2022/05/04/how…

Hangar One revamp in Mountain View led by Google gets into full swing ... Vast project by Google’s Planetary Ventures would rescue 90-year-old iconic hangar #Google #NASA #realestate #development #office #commercialrealestate #tech #space #aviation mercurynews.com/2022/05/05/han…

California to open first new state park in 13 years mercurynews.com/2022/05/13/cal…

“Many students at Borel Middle School knew for months that their peer was researching and discussing school shootings.” mercurynews.com/2022/06/14/sho… via Mercury News

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Programming note: The Warriors' championship parade, will be Monday in San Francisco. It'll begin on Market Street and Main Street at 11:20 a.m. and will end at Market and 6th Street around 2 p.m.

Good read from Grace Hase on San Jose looking to repeal a decades-old cruising ban mercurynews.com/2022/06/20/dis… via Mercury News

Heartbreaking, infuriating story brought to light by Maggie’s tireless reporting

No transparency from Alameda County officials in the wake of a deeply reported investigation by Maggie Angst about the death of an 8-yr-old. Be sure to read: mercurynews.com/2022/06/26/los…

Good Sunday read from EthanBaron 🇨🇦🇺🇸 and @tammerbags, w/ graphics by Harriet Blair Rowan and photos by Dai Sugano Shae Hammond and Aric Crabb

Weekend dream team Jakob Rodgers and I are closely following the #WashburnFire in Yosemite. Kyle Van Leeuwen of LA said he evacuated once he saw a tree "spark and catch like a little matchstick.” He sent us video of a helicopter scooping water from a nearby swimming hole 👇

'It’s historic and we need to save it:' Vital piece of Black history burns up in Mill Fire mercurynews.com/2022/09/04/its… Important read from EthanBaron 🇨🇦🇺🇸, w/ incredible photos from Karl Mondon

Inside the ways BART mechanics keep trains going 50 years after they hit the rails. With some help from Windows 98, eBay, and a special breed of ingenuity. Latest for Mercury News, East Bay Times mercurynews.com/2022/09/17/how…

"Deward Hastings took his time warming up to new people. The opposite can be said about his backyard Berkeley hot tub." Great story here by Katie Lauer about a Berkeley man who kept it heated. bayareane.ws/3UvrXA8 East Bay Times

Marisa spent countless hours on this (all while continuing her daily beat reporting). Worth your time.

#NEW: For years, Antioch cops routinely flouted racist views in text groups with other officers, and received laughter, indifference, and praise in response. Now these communications have come to light: mercurynews.com/2023/04/11/exc…