Victims now can break residential leases without filing police reports or restraining orders.
The legislation was proposed after the June East Bay balcony collapse killed six, including Rohnert Park woman.
Yellow line service to the eastern county station is expected to begin in May 2018.
UI Online will be available 24 hours and on also on smartphones and tablets.
The appointment screens now show all nearby offices. (Hey! Anything helps!)
SB 140 seeks to have e-cigs regulated as tobacco products and subject to California's smoke-free laws.
The Vaccine Injury Compensation Program has not lived up to providing "simple justice" to children injured by vaccines: Stanford professor.
This could mean bad news for native coastal plants and also increase the likelihood of wildfires.
Did the Supreme Court save the livelihoods of wedding workers?
The Contra Costa public Law Library has three branches and all the info for you ...
"No matter how long it takes, we will protect our children and the parents' right to choose," said vaccination opponents.
Gov. Brown signed bill today. SB 277 was co-sponsored by Sen. Richard Pan, D-Sacramento, a pediatrician.
Gov. Brown was waiting on today's U.S. Supreme Court decision on the lethal injection sedative midazolam.
The initiative proposes a five-cents per ounce tax on water bottled in California.
Bill saying "no" introduced Friday. The $1.6 billion in fines and penalties was “intended to be punitive” and not tax-deductible: CPUC.
No issues or problems were reported, but BART police wants to create the policy to strengthen the relationship with the LGBT community.
The ruling today from the bench was 5 to 4.
An attorney's proposed ballot measure that sanctions the murder of gays and lesbians doesn't have to be taken seriously, a judge rules.
The initiative is designed to help immigrants who are in California illegally.
A bill requiring almost all California children to be vaccinated against diseases such as measles cleared a major hurdle Thursday.
The government can continue subsidizing health care insurance under Affordable Care Act, according to today's U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Want these groovy, 1960s-era "Legacy Plates" on your vehicle, Lamorinda? Read on ...
Congressman Jared Huffman seeks public input on his "Drought Response Legislation" introduced last week.
The president urged the mayors at Friday's Bay Area conference to discuss racism, gun control in wake of Charleston shootings.
Twelve-percent increase spread over three years is the recommendation.
The conference will discuss the economic health of U.S. cities.
Central Contra Costa Sanitary District expanded its recycled-water station for customers. And water is free for lawns and gardens.
"'No harm, no foul' may work in the schoolyard, but it is no principle for the maintenance of public safety" in wake of San Bruno.
Scarcity of affordable homes reaching "epic proportions," chief justice writes. CA Building Industry Assn. had challenged ordinance.
Ten Bay Area U.S. representatives voted against the bill that addresses agreements with European Union and Pacific Rim.
Added trips and cleaner cars will increase speed and comfort.
Technology and lifestyle changes will get California through the drought and into a post-global warming era, the governor said this week.
An additional permanent 8 percent rate increase will mostly fund infrastructure replacements.
Hundreds of opponents attended the hearing, and held a rally on the capitol steps.
Angered by mailers and phone calls? Wondering what happened with the SD 7 election?
Citing California's economic might and progressivism, initiative backers want the state to achieve nationhood ... or something close to it.
The state ballot initiative is a response to the controversial "Sodomite Suppression Act."Would you be inclined to sign either one?
An online survey seeks public input on the Alameda-Contra Costa Transit priorities.
If a job is more than $500 in labor and materials, the person you hire must be licensed.
The Contra Costa Public Law Library has books, plus upcoming workshops, to help.