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Officials in Alameda County are warning residents social services will be severely cut if the governor's proposed budget is eventually passed by the legislature, affecting thousands of children, elderly and disabled.
The father of John Walker Lindh, a Marin County man convicted of aiding the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, spoke about his son's case Wednesday at the University of San Francisco.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is among a group of technology business leaders that President Barack Obama plans to meet with Thursday in San Francisco.
The State Supreme Court is going to decide whether to jump back into the legal issues surrounding the Proposition 8 same sex marriage initiative.
It's taken years, but the San Francisco Board of Supervisors has finally approved construction of wheelchair ramp in the supervisors' chambers.
A San Francisco supervisor is considering introducing legislation that would require professional dog walkers to obtain a permit to take dogs to city parks.
Financial experts are warning the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency that it is facing a $1.6 billion deficit over the next 20 years unless it slashes $30 million in spending and creates $50 million in additional revenue each year.
The Berkeley city council has narrowly rejected a measure that would have welcomed freed Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle.
President Obama plans to visit the Bay Area Thursday to drum up support for his just released budget and to talk about creating green jobs.
The City of Berkeley was set to vote Tuesday night on a proposal to invite some former Guantanamo Bay detainees to resettle there.
Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday ordered a state government hiring freeze amid California's $26.6 billion fiscal crisis.
Tuesday's announcement comes after Internet and social media sites were credited with fueling regime toppling protests in Egypt and Tunisia.
A state audit has revealed that local governments are misappropriating millions of dollars from casino-operating Indian tribes that are supposed to address the negative effects of gambling.
The transit agency needs an additional $50 million a year in permanent income, money that can't come from fare increases.
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to cut state spending could jeopardize one of the cornerstones of California's open records laws—the requirement that government bodies give the public fair notice about meetings.
