Gov. Brown Signs Legislation Establishing Rules On Groundwater Amid Drought
California will no longer be the only western state with a pump-as-you-please approach to groundwater.
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California will no longer be the only western state with a pump-as-you-please approach to groundwater.
The Bay Area's Hispanic heritage includes visionary artists and political leaders, authors, activists, and musicians. As the nation celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month September 15th through October 15th, KPIX-TV, KBCW, KCBS Radio, Radio Alice, 99.7 Now and Live105 salute Bay Area Latinos making a difference.
San Francisco will employ a new method of getting property owners to reinforce their buildings to better withstand earthquakes - shaming them into retrofitting their buildings.
The Obama administration is ramping up its response to West Africa's Ebola crisis, preparing to assign 3,000 U.S. military personnel to the afflicted region to supply medical and logistical support to overwhelmed local health care systems and to boost the number of beds needed to isolate and treat victims of the epidemic.
Facebook officials have agreed to meet with local drag queens at San Francisco City Hall to discuss the social media website's policy of people using their legal names on their accounts.
San Francisco Supervisor Scott Wiener has been beating the drums for better street lighting for years and now he's pushing some legislative changes.
A new law requiring California drivers to keep a buffer between cars and bicyclists goes into effect Tuesday.
Golden Gate Bridge District announced 50 of its workers will be going on a one-day labor strike beginning Tuesday morning, but the bridge itself will remain open and that bus and ferry service won't be impacted.
A medical marijuana entrepreneur is promoting his method of developing thriving cannabis gardens amid California's drought as a way to radically cut water waste.
California Central Valley farmers are urging Gov. Jerry Brown to veto legislation that would regulate the pumping of well water in California for the first time.
California State Attorney General Kamala Harris released her second-annual report on California's truancy levels, which for the first time breaks the numbers down by race.
Secretary of State Debra Bowen's office confirmed Friday that the initiative had failed to gather the required signatures to land on the 2016 ballot.
The delivery of mine-resistant vehicles to local law enforcement agencies last month generated outcry about the ills of militarizing police agencies in the United States. Those cries could grow louder now that some of the other weapons in that program are unaccounted for.
Four former San Jose police chiefs announced their support for county supervisor Dave Cortese in the mayor's race on Thursday citing crime and police staffing as the two of the main issues in the campaign. Mayor Chuck Reed, however, is endorsing Councilman Sam Liccardo and has dismissed the chiefs' endorsement as political theater.
