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The California State Auditor has released a new report showing San Jose officials likely overstated future pension costs by millions of dollars, with the higher figures used in the lead-up to June's controversial pension reform measure.
KCBS, CBS 5 and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier looks at the push by a local legislator to eliminate the carpool lane on Interstate 80.
A pair of Bay Area artists have found use for some of the millions of unused glass tubes from bankrupt Fremont solar power firm Solyndra.
Playgrounds at fast-food restaurants will have to meet strict cleaning standards if a bill approved by the Senate becomes law.
According to the Marin Independent Journal, the Atlanta-based chain has purchased the Carl's Jr. site on Rowland Way in Novato this July, with plans to remodel and open as a Chick-fil-A sometime over the next two years.
A tightly contested East Bay Congressional race is getting nastier and nastier by the day as the two candidates are at odds over Social Security benefits.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said that despite some criticism, they are cooperating with state officials on investigating the fire at the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
A two-word mistake could threaten a half-billion dollar tax measure in Santa Clara County.
The California Public Utilities Commission is expected to make a decision about whether PG&E customers will have to cover the cost for pipe upgrades, possibly as soon as this week.
Bay Area lawmakers and women's rights advocates have joined the call for Missouri Republican Todd Akin to end his Senate campaign after he claimed that victims of what he called "legitimate rape" can keep themselves from getting pregnant.
State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg is pushing for a new bill that would put less emphasis on student test scores when doling out report cards for schools in the state.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission on Friday said it will not issue a recommendation to the Board of Supervisors, which will ultimately decide Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi's fate sometime this fall.
California is getting $43 million in unspent highway earmarks from the federal government, according to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood.
Gov. Jerry Brown is telling California lawmakers that he will call a special legislative session on health care at the end of the year.
After Thursday's vote by the Ethics Commission upholding misconduct charges, Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi said he can convince at least three supervisors to let him keep his job and is nowhere near conceding.
