The wintertime rules curbing fireplace burning just kicked in.
A recent report from Washington lays out damage done by last month’s government shutdown.
A new American Psychiatric Association PSA and infographic hope to educate the public on the issue and help veterans get the treatment they need.
Some of the action this past week in Washington and Sacramento involving East Bay legislators
Some of the activities that happened this week involving East Bay legislators in Sacramento and Washington, D.C.
The BART board of directors will vote on the proposal in November if it's approved by SEIU and ATU members
Some of the activity this past week from Washington, D.C., and Sacramento involving East Bay legislators
Several restrictions, including no bikes during peak commute hours and no bikes in the first car, remain in place.
Gov. Jerry Brown hopes the "cooling off" period will avert an agency strike.
The move follows a Monday hearing by a state panel into the transit agency's contract dispute.
BART officials and workers reached an agreement Monday night to end the strike.
Craig Steckler served 21 years with the Fremont Police Department.
A public meeting about the controversial topic will be held in the future, The Argus reports.
BART workers walked off the job and onto the picket line this morning.
Some of the activity this past week involving East Bay legislators in Sacramento and Washington D.C.
One example of a "work rule" is an employee who claims overtime in a week when they also had a sick day. BART management wants to squash this. Another example is requiring workers to take electronic pay stubs rather than paper ones.
If you'd like a 9-course banquet of easy-to-digest data visualizations of the complex issues in the BART labor dispute, you can point your browser to a new website created by a local hackers group and UC Berkeley students.
Negotiators for BART and its two largest unions talked for more than 12 hours on Wednesday
Map shows how much East Bay individuals owe to the Franchise Tax Board.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Oct. 7 issued a public health alert after raw chicken products produced by three facilities of privately owned Foster Farms in California sickened hundreds of people.
New law helps schools discipline for bullying via text, email or otherwise.
The East Bay faces a public transportation meltdown if BART and AC Transit workers are on strike at the same time.
While we can't remember the last time we saw one of these (who uses cash anyway?) it's always fun to check out new bills
District 15 Representative Eric Swalwell asked for a resolution to the federal shutdown.
Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski (D-Fremont), who authored the bill, said he was disappointed in the governor’s action.
Rep. Swalwell held a Town Hall meeting with constituents at the Dublin Civic Center about the Government Shutdown on Sunday.
A resident speaks out following a hit-and-run that left a Fremont man critically injured.
The City of Fremont now has social media pages for the Fremont Fire Department, Senior Center and Community Service Department.
LIFE ElderCare, which serves 350 elderly Tri-City residents daily, receives a third of its funding from the federal government, according to news reports.
Publishing nude photos with the "intent to cause serious emotional distress" violates a "revenge porn" law signed Tuesday by Governor Jerry Brown and may result in up to six months in jail and/or $1,000 fine.
A report looks at the geography of capital punishment and finds a disparity between northern and southern Alameda County.
Covered California is one of the state-run health care marketplaces being set up around the U.S. as mandated by the act, passed by Congress in 2010.