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  • 1 week ago | sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria

    Shafter, California, is surrounded by almond orchards. Jessica Christian/The ChronicleAmong the almond orchards, grapevines and alfalfa fields alongside State Route 99 is California’s fastest growing city with more than 20,000 people: Shafter, California. According to a state report released this week, the population of Shafter, a Central Valley city just north of Bakersfield, grew by 4.7% — about 1,000 people — between Jan. 2024 and Jan.

  • 2 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria

    Three people hop over the entry gate as another person approaches at the MacArthur BART station where new fare gates are currently being installed on Friday, April 11, 2025 in Oakland, Calif. Lea Suzuki/S.F. ChronicleOn Wednesday morning, BART officials touted a 50% year-over-year reduction in crime, which they called “the largest drops in crime in the more than 50-year history of the agency,” on social media.

  • 3 weeks ago | modbee.com | Danielle Echeverria

    For regular Muni riders, the scene is familiar: The bus is barreling down a red-painted transit-only lane, when suddenly, the driver has to maneuver back into regular traffic to avoid a car parked in the transit lane - often hitting the horn once or twice while doing so. But this year, those scofflaw parkers have been getting nearly four times as many tickets for the violation, a Chronicle analysis found.

  • 3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria

    More drivers are getting citations for blocking San Francisco’s bus-only lanes, such as on this Muni route along Mission Street at Eighth Street. Scott Strazzante/S.F. ChronicleFor regular Muni riders, the scene is familiar: The bus is barreling down a red-painted transit-only lane, when suddenly, the driver has to maneuver back into regular traffic to avoid a car parked in the transit lane — often hitting the horn once or twice while doing so.

  • 3 weeks ago | sfchronicle.com | Danielle Echeverria

    A group checks out creatures including Cinnamon the bearded dragon Saturday during the Earth Day Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens in San Francisco. Earth Day is on Tuesday, April. 22. Benjamin Fanjoy/For the S.F. ChronicleA group plants a Santa Cruz Island ironwood tree during the Earth Day Festival at Yerba Buena Gardens. Benjamin Fanjoy/For the S.F. ChronicleJacob Shaul, left, and Rohan Swaminathan play badminton during the Earth Day Festival.

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