Phil Matier: Gov. Brown Speaks Glowingly About California
Everything's coming up roses in California - at least, according to Gov. Jerry Brown, who painted a rosy picture of the state's standing in Thursday's State of the State address.
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Everything's coming up roses in California - at least, according to Gov. Jerry Brown, who painted a rosy picture of the state's standing in Thursday's State of the State address.
A judge is holding secret hearings in the case of the man convicted in the 2001 killing of Washington intern Chandra Levy.
Congressional Democrats are reintroducing legislation to ban assault weapons but the measure faces long odds even after last month's mass school shooting in Newtown, Conn.
Cheering a California rebound, Gov. Jerry Brown says voter-approved tax increases have put the state on sound financial footing but warns lawmakers that they must be tight-fisted with the government purse strings.
A lawyer for four servicewomen who sued the U.S. Department of Defense for the right to have combat duty said in San Francisco Thursday that she and her clients are "thrilled" that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the lifting of the combat ban.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the deadly attack on a U.S. mission in Benghazi, that killed Bay Area native Chris Stevens.
Former San Francisco Mayor and Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom called the moment "bittersweet" because of the 49ers' plans to move to a new stadium starting in the 2014 season.
The Oakland City Council approved four crime-fighting measures early Wednesday morning, including a controversial measure to hire former New York and Los Angeles police chief William Bratton as a consultant to provide advice to the Oakland Police Department.
San Francisco Mayor Lee is sending a clear message to 49ers fans and revelers to not trash the city come Super Bowl Sunday.
Connecticut's two U.S. senators are joining forces with California Sen. Dianne Feinstein and other key senators, proposing a retooled federal ban on assault weapons in the wake of the deadly Newtown school shooting.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi says she'll be rooting for San Francisco, the city she has represented in Congress for the past quarter-century, over Baltimore, the city where she was born and raised, when it comes to the Super Bowl.
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta is expected to announce the U.S. military's reversal of a policy that bans women from serving in combat, this week.
Ambassador Chris Stevens' stepfather says Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has reached out to his family to offer her sympathies about the deadly Sept. 11 raid on the consulate in Libya that killed his stepson.
Now that President Barack Obama has named immigration reform one of his top priorities this year, some technology giants of Silicon Valley plan to press for changes that would help them bring more skilled workers to the U.S.
Supporters of California's ban on same-sex marriage have filed their first briefs with U.S. Supreme Court ahead of the hearing on Proposition 8 set for March.
