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Mayor Ed Lee and supporters of a Muni underground that will run from South of Market to Chinatown rallied at City Hall Friday to counteract criticism of a transit project recently derided as a subway to nowhere.
Texas Governor Rick Perry paid his first visit to the Bay Area as a presidential candidate Friday, courting Silicon Valley donors at a fundraiser in East Palo Alto.
San Francisco Public Defender Jeff Adachi sent a letter Thursday to Mayor Ed Lee challenging him to a public debate later this month on dueling pension reform measures that will appear on the city's November ballot, but the mayor said he's not interested.
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee found himself defending the Central Subway after a rival mayoral candidate, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, criticized the project's spiraling costs and dwindling ridership projections.
The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency announced Wednesday that it has received another $20 million in federal funds for the controversial Central Subway project.
As California prepares to host Wednesday night's presidential debate for GOP hopefuls in Simi Valley, a new Field Poll shows a change in the Republican Party in the state.
In the wake of Fremont-based Solyndra's demise, the state legislature is trying to give California solar companies a push and level the playing field.
The Legislature has sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill seeking to ban the sale, trade or possession of shark fins, despite objections from two senators who called the measure racist because the fins are used in a soup considered a delicacy in some Asian cultures.
Assemblyman Jerry Hill was in San Bruno Tuesday morning to promote state legislation that would impose stricter regulations on natural gas providers.
The California Legislature has approved a bill preventing local jurisdictions from banning male circumcision, a measure written in response to ballot measure proposed in San Francisco.
The right to bare all in San Francisco might soon come with some restrictions under legislation being proposed at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting.
The California Supreme Court has been asked to give an advisory opinion on whether sponsors of Proposition 8 have the right to appeal a federal court ruling striking down the initiative.
The plan would put a limit on whether new stores or markets can get a liquor license.
Several investors in high-tech companies are putting their dollars into campaigns for the San Francisco mayoral race.
The California Supreme Court—with two new members seated in the past year—is set to hear arguments in San Francisco Tuesday on a key issue in the state's legal battle over same-sex marriage.
