Meanwhile, a coalition of business groups said a survey they conducted showed that most local residents think BART workers should accept management's current contract offer.
Northern California's elected representatives took to Twitter to tell family, friends and constituents they were safe and to thank Capitol police.
Members of the public are invited to share their thoughts on the traits and background they would like to see when Piedmont hires a new city administrator. Speak at the Oct. 7 Piedmont City Council meeting or write or email your ideas.
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Post offices remain open, air traffic controllers on the job.
There were 12,582 federal employees in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties last year.
Members of the public are encouraged to attend and comment on the proposed changes.
Some of the items this past week in Sacramento and Washington involving East Bay legislators
Oakland's Planning Commission certified the EIR and approved the necessary permits for the project.
The Oakland Planning Commission will consider certification of the final EIR and approval of necessary permits for the project.
Wage increase, pensions still divide BARt and its employees, with a cooling-off period set to end Oct. 10.
The number of court cases dropped statewide last year, but officials say state's court system was badly damaged by budget cuts.
In 2011, BART officials cut off cellphone service to underground stations to prevent a planned protest. A bill sitting on the governor’s desk would require government agencies to get a court order before doing the same.
A new study suggests that lowering the approval rate for school parcel taxes to 55 percent from the current two-thirds would lead to more taxes being passed, but not in poorer communities.
The city will absorb more than $113,000 in costs related to the Blair Park sports field proposal.
Rood becomes the third candidate to announce he will seek a city council seat in the February, 2014 election.
Under a settlement announced at Monday night's Piedmont City Council meeting, the Piedmont Recreation Facilities Organization will try to raise $125,000 for city recreation projects.
A cost estimate by the city engineer is about double the estimate provided by Cole Becker, the Piedmont High School student who's using the bridge as an Eagle Scout candidacy project.
The new figure continues a lucky-troll tradition started by iron workers when they made bridge repairs after the Loma Prieta earthquake in 1989.
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The nomination by President Barack Obama is for the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly, which begins later this month and concludes in December. It would not affect Lee's current term in the House of Representatives.
Calling for tougher state gun control legislation at a news conference in Oakland Monday were two Democratic members of the state Assembly from the East Bay: Nancy Skinner, whose district includes Piedmont, and Rob Bonta.
Local residents will elect three people to the council in February, 2014.
The Piedmont Planning Commission meets Monday, Sept. 9. A public hearing on the city's pedestrian-bicycle plan is on the agenda.
The Piedmont Planning Commission will hold a public hearing Monday on a long list of proposed updates, revisions and state-mandated changes to the city's zoning regulations.
Oakland city offices will close Monday for Admission Day.
Election season kicked off Wednesday as King became the first person to formally announce her intention to seek a Piedmont City Council seat.
A portion of the bike and pedestrian path was opened to the public Tuesday morning. So far, it's only on the new span, so you can't actually reach San Francisco by bicycle or even exit at Yerba Buena Island.
Drivers flooded onto the Bay Bridge when it reopened shortly after 10 p.m. Monday.
This official time-lapse movie of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge shows more than 42,000 hours of construction in just four minutes. (If the video doesn't show, please reload this page.)
Here is some of the action in Sacramento last week.
Wednesdays will be maintenance and spot cleaning days, with no scheduled sweeping.
Thousands of newbie BART commuters are causing backups at ticket machines.
The committee meets Thursday at 5:30 p.m. The public is welcome to attend the meeting.
Olympic gold medal swimmer Dana Vollmer gives a summary of why changes are needed in the attached video, filmed at Piedmont Avenue School.
Lanes will close as workers add a new FasTrak-only lane.
The Piedmont City Council this week approved a $15,000 contract to develop a landscaping plan for the park on Moraga Avenue.
Archived coverage will still be available via streaming video during the two-day period.
The new eastern span of the Bay Bridge was shimmed up this past weekend with temporary steel plates so that it can be ready for its scheduled Sept. 3 debut, bridge authorities said Monday.