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San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee announced Thursday plans for a major expansion of the city's Moscone Convention Center. Exhibit space at the center could double with the expansion, the first phase of which is expected to be completed by early 2018, Lee said.
The plan was in effect last weekend for the U.S. open and again this weekend for Pride.
A concession lease up for approval Thursday that allows for private parties at Coit Tower once a month violates the spirit of a non-binding measure recently approved by voters urging the city to limit commercial activity at the popular landmark, preservationists said.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic leaders reached agreement Thursday to finalize California's budget.
Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith and her office are defending assigning a deputy to protect the president of the Board of Supervisors, even after canceling that deputy's planned three-day training course in Las Vegas.
"As one of the top law enforcement officials for the city, he ought not to have engaged in the beating of his wife," Mayor Ed Lee told reporters at an impromptu news conference shortly before the city's Ethics Commission opened a multi-day administrative hearing on official misconduct charges.
Democratic lawmakers say they balanced California's budget and passed it on time for the second year in a row. But is the budget really done? No.
Two weeks after California voters went to the polls, the fate of a ballot measure that would impose a new tax on cigarettes remains uncertain.
Gov. Jerry Brown is calling for changes to state flammability standards for upholstered furniture in an effort to reduce the use of what he said are toxic flame retardants.
KCBS, CBS 5 and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier said the battle over jobs could shape the future of redevelopment of the Oakland Army Base.
Bay Area immigration experts still have plenty of unanswered questions about President Barack Obama's new policy, which defers deportation to some young illegal immigrants.
One man was proud to be there with his wife and three children - sleeping in tents on the school courtyard for the past few days.
State lawmakers are seeking to bar mandatory school identification cards revealing students' academic standing.
Yahoo is teaming up with California Attorney General Kamala Harris for a new campaign aimed at raising online awareness about human trafficking.
Optimistic projections, entrenched differences and a transparency problem are what face Governor Jerry Brown and the state legislature as they try to come to an agreement on a $92 billion dollar budget.
