Phil Matier: Caltrain Electrification Comes With Side Deals
A recently announced agreement to pour $1.5 billion of high speed rail money into the effort to "electrify" the Caltrain tracks apparently has some strings attached.
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A recently announced agreement to pour $1.5 billion of high speed rail money into the effort to "electrify" the Caltrain tracks apparently has some strings attached.
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney was scheduled to be in the Bay Area for a private fundraising event in Redwood Shores Monday evening.
Here come the hard hats! The state is up against a deadline to spend several billion dollars in bond money, meaning 19 transit-related projects are moving full steam ahead in the Bay Area right now.
Mitt Romney holds a huge lead over his nearest competitor, Rick Santorum, in the latest USC Dornsife/Los Angeles Times poll.
Governor Brown announced plans for a statewide electric car charging network after the California Public Utilities Commission negotiated a $120 million settlement with a New Jersey-based power company.
The wife of San Francisco's suspended Sheriff, Ross Mirkarimi, was given the green light by a judge on Friday to travel to Venezuela with the couples' son to visit her ailing father.
U.S. Congressman John Garamendi was at BART's repair yard in Concord, where he argued the importance of a national response to aging transit systems everywhere in the U.S.
Local religious leaders led hundreds of protesters outside San Francisco's Federal Building to say part of President Obama's Health Care Reform Act is unconsitutional.
Officials say a deal has been reached to save Benicia State Historic Park, one of 70 California parks scheduled for closure due to budget cuts.
Suspended San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi appeared at the San Francisco Hall of Justice Thursday afternoon for an orientation with the adult probation department.
The Mitt Romney campaign was gearing up to shake the Bay Area money tree for more donations next Monday when it suddenly found itself trying to erase the Etch-a-Sketch gaffe.
A segment on CBS' "60 Minutes" in November said that members of Congress were profiting from inside information, giving new impetus to legislation that had languished for years. Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), was among the prominent legislators featured in the report.
People who believe President Barack Obama was born in Africa have filed a lawsuit demanding California's secretary of state verify the eligibility of presidential candidates before allowing them on the November ballot.
A majority of San Francisco residents want Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi - convicted in a domestic violence case - to either step down from office or be removed, according to a new CBS 5 poll.
Ross Mirkarimi was officially suspended as San Francisco's sheriff Wednesday following his conviction in the domestic violence case involving his wife.
