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Taxing the rich more to benefit others isn't a new idea, but it has emerged in recent weeks as a potential solution as California tries to salvage its public education system from deep budget cuts.
Gov. Jerry Brown's administration is proposing to close a quarter of all state parks because of budget cuts approved by the state Legislature.
Educators and students rallied across the Bay Area and state Friday to honor teachers and protest looming budget cuts to education.
Hundreds of politicians and friends of former San Carlos Mayor Omar Ahmad filled the Hiller Aviation Museum Friday afternoon to mourn his sudden passing Tuesday morning.
The legal team that successfully challenged the ban in Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker's court last year argued that the now-retired jurist had no obligation to reveal his sexual orientation.
San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed said Friday exploding retirement costs will force him to put the controversial issue of pension reform before voters.
Two days after the unexpected death of the San Carlos mayor, the town's vice mayor was arrested for investigation of drunken driving.
As part of his revised budget, Gov. Jerry Brown will propose eliminating a state board that has been criticized for providing a highly-paid landing spot for termed-out lawmakers looking for work.
Assembly Republicans released a proposal that seeks to bridge the state's $15.4 billion deficit in part by making deeper cuts to the poor and asking state workers to take another pay cut equal to 15 percent of their salaries.
Lawyers for California Gov. Jerry Brown are accusing the backers of the state's same-sex marriage ban of engaging in a thinly veiled "witch hunt."
San Francisco is preparing for a major economic summit that will welcome government and business leaders from around the world.
Hundreds of teacher layoff notices went out this week in school districts across the Bay Area as teachers converged on Sacramento for a weeklong series of demonstrations.
Hoping to replicate San Francisco's success in establishing small parks, or parklets as they're known, on city streets, one Oakland business owner is pushing City Hall to move faster on allowing similar public living spaces in his city.
A top American Legion official has accused the San Francisco Board of Trustees of being "veteran unfriendly" for rejecting a proposed veterans job center.
The state should not change its plan for high speed rail despite concerns raised by the nonpartisan legislative analyst, according to experts who insisted that critics do not understand the nuances of building bullet trains in California.
