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A group of active and retired San Francisco employees wants to stop their pension money from funding banks that have used questionable procedures to foreclose on delinquent home loans.
An overflow crowd at Vallejo City Hall Wednesday night debated the future of gun rights in America at a town hall style meeting called by the North Bay Congressman leading the House effort on gun control legislation.
His re-election was opposed by a number of board members and former ally, Chinatown political powerhouse Rose Pak.
Google chairman Eric Schmidt's glimpse of the Web being used at a top university in Pyongyang makes him part of a tiny elite that has seen the Internet in North Korea.
A quirk in California's redistricting has residents of Marin County without representation in the new State Senate that opened session this week. Meanwhile some voters in San Francisco have two State Senators
The nation's largest teacher pension fund is taking the first step toward divesting from companies that manufacture guns and high-capacity ammunition magazines that are illegal in California.
Contra Costa County Supervisors are concerned with the governor's push to divert water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to Southern California, saying it would harm a fragile ecosystem.
President Barack Obama's drug czar paid a visit to San Francisco Superior Court Tuesday to get a first-hand look at a once-controversial program and is interested at alternatives to incarceration.
Gov. Jerry Brown is challenging a federal court order that California further reduce its inmate population to improve prison conditions, reigniting a legal battle that already once reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
Taking a cue from San Francisco, the San Jose City Council today will consider allowing some restaurants to replace street parking spaces with raised "curb cafes" so patrons can sit outside.
California's students may be filling in fewer bubbles on multiple choice standardized tests in the future and writing longer answers instead.
California Gov. Jerry Brown said Tuesday that he has concluded radiation treatment for early-stage prostate cancer, his second health scare since taking office two years ago.
David Chiu was elected president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors for a third time Tuesday.
It's long been the talk of Sacramento - and beyond - but now it appears the State of California may be closer than ever before to adjusting the percentage of support needed to approve sales tax measures on California ballots, from two-thirds of the vote to just 55%.
There was a changing of the guard at the Oakland City Council Monday with three new members being sworn in and Councilwoman Pat Kernighan being elected as the council's new president.
