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Voters in Santa Clara County are about to get a sample ballot in the mail that won't be much help for the November election. The ballot is missing entire races and various candidates.
California's two senators are asking trade groups representing the state's hospitals to make sure their members have protocols in place should a patient with Ebola walk through their doors.
San Francisco's fire chief spoke publicly for the first time Thursday about the recent calls for her resignation by a coalition of rank and file organizations and said she has no plans to step down.
The city of San Francisco, which has always been known to support human rights causes worldwide, was flying the flag of the People's Republic of China at City Hall just as tens of thousands of people in Hong Kong were protesting against the Chinese government.
The Texas firm which pioneered the 3-D printing of guns at home has unveiled a machine capable of milling the firing mechanism of an AR-15 assault rifle, which can then be combined with the rifle's remaining parts available online to create an untraceable weapon known as a 'ghost gun.'
Berkeley city leaders began looking at how money is spent on homeless services on Tuesday after a recent report concluded it is not being done efficiently. The vision for a new system is a drastic change from the current approach.
The San Francisco Fire Chiefs Association has joined rank and file groups in calling for the removal of Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White and now they're pressuring Mayor Ed Lee to react.
Mi Pueblo, a San Jose-based Hispanic grocery store chain, has helped raise the majority of more than $100,000 to help pay for legal representation of immigrant children detained at the U.S. border.
San Francisco flower vendors along with the help of a former mayor, announced a plan on Wednesday to ask voters to save the City's historic Flower Mart from a real estate developer that wants to turn the SoMa site into a technology campus.
The San Jose Police Officer's Union says the morning after election day could be the start of another mass exodus of police officers.
Many women in California who have been traumatized by sexual assault may feel a sense of relief, knowing that law enforcement agencies will act much sooner to test rape kits after legislation was signed Tuesday by Gov. Brown.
The geniuses who came up with the idea of running Einstein the dog for office - a group of Occupy Oakland veterans - say the idea is not just political tail-wagging, but a commentary on how difficult it is to hold any individual accountable for running the city. They plan to host an event Thursday at 10 a.m. on the steps of City Hall to lay out their platform.
Some San Francisco supervisors are calling for a hearing to look into the city's policy making property owners responsible for maintaining city-owned trees.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday signed legislation known as Audrie's Law reforming juvenile sex crime laws and named after 15-year-old sexual assault victim Audrie Pott, according to a state senator's spokesman.
