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As Bay Area commuters deal with the second BART union strike this year, a movement to ban the state's public transit workers from striking is gaining steam, according to a politician gathering signatures for the campaign.
Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown joined the KCBS, KPIX and Chronicle insider to take a look at how things fell apart so drastically at the last minute of BART labor negotiations.
Dozens of protesters surrounded a bus believed to be filled with immigrants slated for deportation at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in San Francisco, a protest organizer said Thursday.
Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom said it's time for California to get serious about legalizing marijuana and that he's willing to put his political reputation on the line to make it happen.
Hundreds of tourists stepped foot on Alcatraz Island for the first time in more than two weeks after the federal government reopened national parks closed by the shutdown.
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed is leading an effort to put an initiative before voters allowing cities to renegotiate pensions for existing public employees—as well as new hires. Meanwhile, State Assembly candidate Steve Glazer from Orinda, is pushing an initiative preventing transit employees from striking in the future.
For the first time in more than two weeks, Bay Area residents and tourists will be able to return to Alcatraz, Muir Woods and parts of the Golden Gate Park Recreation area that were closed due to the federal government shutdown.
President Barack Obama has signed a measure into law reopening the federal government and averting a potential default.
With BART and AC Transit workers possibly going on strike, a new analysis shows how much money unions representing transit workers donate to state lawmakers.
Mayor Chuck Reed, along with four other mayors from around the state, have submitted the ballot initiative to the state Attorney General.
The mostly union-backing Democrats warned they would not support a strike and there was no extra money at the state level to increase BART's offer.
With hours left for Congress to finalize and pass legislation before the United States' borrowing authority expires, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., formally unveiled a plan Wednesday that will fund the government through Jan. 15 and lift the debt limit through Feb. 7.
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected an appeal by Gov. Jerry Brown of a court order that requires the state to reduce the population of its overcrowded prisons by about 8,000 inmates by Jan. 27.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is keeping a close eye on the potential BART strike and he's trying to minimize the impact on the city and its residents.
Former San Francisco Giants President Peter Magowan hosted a sold out private fundraiser for the Republican Party in the city's Pacific Heights neighborhood Monday night.
