SF Mayor Lee In China Meeting With Banks, Airlines, Business Leaders
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee flew to China on Friday where he'll court Chinese banks for a housing development loan as well as a Chinese airline for new flights to SFO.
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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee flew to China on Friday where he'll court Chinese banks for a housing development loan as well as a Chinese airline for new flights to SFO.
The federal Government Accountability Office is giving generally good grades to the California High-Speed Rail Authority's business plan to build a $68 billion bullet train.
Nevada's rate, while tied with California and Mississippi for the highest among states at 9.6 percent, was down from 11.8 percent a year ago.
There's more bad news for California water users: the snow pack is just half the amount of normal and has already begun to melt.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) predicted a high court victory for same-sex marriage, signaled the passage of immigration reform efforts soon and promised a tough fight to ensure a federal background check is required for all gun purchases.
A new report commissioned by California's health care exchange says individuals who buy their own health plans will see the cost rise an average of 14 percent next year under the Affordable Care Act.
Police found 26 guns, thousands of bullets and dozens of high-capacity ammunition magazines at the home of a Santa Clara man charged with threatening to kill a state lawmaker over proposed gun control legislation, according to search warrants unsealed Thursday.
A bipartisan group of 109 members of Congress signed a letter on Wednesday urging that the FBI add new categories in its tracking of hate crimes.
Two Bay Area constitutional law professors predicted the U.S. Supreme Court will invalidate Proposition 8 and a key section of the federal Defense of Marriage Act. But they expect the rulings to be narrow, limited or splintered.
The Concord City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to ban all marijuana cultivation outdoors after about four months of discussion and debate.
The Supreme Court is indicating it could strike down the federal law that prevents legally married gay couples from receiving a range of federal benefits for married people.
California water officials said on Wednesday that a $14 billion twin-tunnel plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta would restore the ecosystem and reduce mortality of threatened fish, although during dry years the delta smelt would be killed at the same rate as today.
Environmentalists on Wednesday pushed for curbs on plastic water bottle sales in San Francisco City as well the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Stephen Brown walked into Congressman Farr's office in Santa Cruz and asked his aid out to lunch, said deputies. When she refused, Brown allegedly walked out of the office saying he was going to wait for Congressman Farr and "blow up the county building."
The city of San Jose will avoid layoffs for the second straight year and restore some emergency services after Mayor Chuck Reed's budget message was unanimously approved Tuesday by the City Council.
