San Francisco Local Hiring Law Gives Construction Workers Hope
Contractors and trade workers are hopeful about new opportunities now that San Francisco's local hiring law has gone into effect.
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Contractors and trade workers are hopeful about new opportunities now that San Francisco's local hiring law has gone into effect.
Democratic leaders in the state Legislature said they were growing frustrated after weeks of negotiations with Republicans failed to yield a budget deal.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed bills Thursday that cut $8.2 billion from the state's $26.6 billion budget deficit.
Conservative leaders from around the country gathered at a private home in Montara Thursday evening to raise funds to challenge President Barack Obama's presidential re-election bid.
Only a slim majority of likely California voters now support a special election on tax extensions to close the state's budget deficit, according to a poll released Wednesday.
Despite some labor concessions over the past two years, San Francisco firefighters still make nearly 20 percent more than their counterparts in other parts of the Bay Area, according to city officials.
The deaths of two Santa Cruz sisters may lead to the closing of a legal loophole that allows rental car companies to rent recalled vehicles.
U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer took House Republicans to task on Wednesday over their proposed budget plan.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco has turned down a bid to allow gay marriages to resume in California while the Prop. 8 legal case is pending.
The Metropolitan Transportation Commission approved the allocation of $19 million in bridge toll funds Wednesday for the BART extension project in east Contra Costa County, MTC spokesman John Goodwin said.
Protesters dropped off a stack of 1,500 Yellow Pages in front of an AT&T building in San Francisco Wednesday morning to highlight what organizers said is the wasteful distribution of the phone books by the company.
Bay Area members of Congress are leading the criticism of President Obama, for taking military action in Libya without congressional consent.
Oakland's city auditor says a security company may have violated the law by donating to council members and candidates while seeking a $2 million city contract.
Governor Jerry Brown has threatened to place his tax measure on the ballot without Republican support. It's not what the governor wanted, but he may be forced to, according to KCBS and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier.
San Francisco is considering legislation to charge people large fees for possessing biological agent detectors which are used to detect bio-terrorist attacks, but some are calling this a case of a solution looking for a problem.
