Santa Clara Council Approves Financing Plan For 49ers Stadium
The Santa Clara City Council approved a financing plan for construction of the $1.02 billion stadium Tuesday night.
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The Santa Clara City Council approved a financing plan for construction of the $1.02 billion stadium Tuesday night.
Plans are moving forward for a bike path on the western span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge although funding for the $500 million project has yet to be secured.
The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research said the shortfall in the plans that cover 2.6 million California teachers, state workers and university employees is too large to be solved only by cutting future payouts.
The group looking to recall Oakland Mayor Jean Quan needs to gather approximately 20,000 valid signatures by next May.
Plans to fix 18 aging fire stations and spruce up a dozen parks and playgrounds around the city should provide a much needed lift for the construction industry, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said Tuesday.
Federal accident investigators on Tuesday recommended all 50 states ban the use of cell phones and other electronic devices by all drivers except in emergencies.
The city has fine tuned a set of proposed rules for professional dog walkers that would charge for permits and mandate training, leashes and even poop clean-up.
Public colleges in California can defray the cost of inevitable tuition and fee hikes by making textbooks available online for download, a leading state lawmaker said Wednesday.
Occupy protesters at Monday night's general assembly meeting voted to extend a blockade at the Port of Oakland through the early morning on Tuesday.
A poll shows a majority of likely voters support Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy and raise the statewide sales tax to stave off education cuts.
Proponents of an initiative that would turn California's Legislature into a part-time body are already raising money for their cause.
The Battle of the Bay continues, and it has everything to do with the elected officials in charge of the cities vying for the Oakland A's baseball team.
Protesters have planned to close all the ports on the West Coast on Monday.
A Bakersfield lawmaker wants California's State Legislators to work part time and take a pay cut.
After a violent shooting in West Oakland that claimed the life of a one-year-old boy, community members have taken to the streets to question Mayor Quan's plans for keeping the streets safe.
