Battle Brews In North Bay Over Passenger Train Service
A grassroots group wants to repeal the primary source of funding for the proposed Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit also known as the SMART Line.
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A grassroots group wants to repeal the primary source of funding for the proposed Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit also known as the SMART Line.
After a turbulent week of violence and political drama, an effort launched last week to recall Oakland Mayor Jean Quan seems to have new life this weekend.
San Francisco's Director of Elections has sent letters to 251 political campaigns, candidates and committees spelling out the rules for filling out "Vote-By-Mail" ballots.
Michael Moore addressed hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters in front of Oakland's City Hall, saying events over the past week have helped change the national discussion about the movement.
State assemblywoman Mary Hayashi of Castro Valley has been accused of stealing nearly $2,500 worth of merchandise from a San Francisco department store.
Medical marijuana advocates submitted nearly 49,000 signatures on Friday to qualify a referendum that would repeal San Jose's restrictions on cannabis dispensaries.
Oakland's acting police chief defended the use of force this week during Occupy Oakland protests as national criticism mounted over his and Mayor Jean Quan's actions in breaking up protester encampments.
The White House has ordered a review of loan guarantees made by the Energy Department after the Fremont solar power company that got a half-billion-dollar federal loan went bankrupt.
City of San Francisco residents applaud the restraint exercised by the SFPD in the face of Occupy San Francisco protestors, according to a newly released KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll.
Shaun O'Kelly, the "Occupy San Jose" protester who has been atop a large wall outside City Hall for nearly a week to protest the removal of protesters from the plaza below, is requesting to meet with city officials.
California Governor Jerry Brown outlined his 12-point pension reform plan at a news conference and said it was time to fix a broken system.
Following a violent clash between Occupy Oakland protesters and police earlier this week, a new round of protests in Oakland could be a bellwether on whether police have agitated or suppressed the movement, according to some analysts.
Opponents of the death penalty gathered in San Jose Thursday to kick off a state-wide campaign to replace capital punishment with life without parole.
The BART Board of Directors has postponed a vote on a new cellphone policy, saying they want that policy to be "crystal clear" before it is adopted.
A crowd gathered Thursday at San Francisco's City Hall where the Board of Supervisors held a committee meeting to review a critical Civil Grand Jury report that claims the 1.7-mile Central Subway has design flaws.
