MTC reports finds Bay Area’s nearly 43,000 lane-miles of streets and roads scored an average ranking of 66 out of 100.
Some states have zero income tax, but make up for it in higher taxes elsewhere. Here's where California rates.
Hetch Hetchy bisects the East Bay and uses two East Bay reservoirs.
The Veep visited the PG&E service center in Oakland today.
Create apps to make Alameda County a better place to live and you just may pocket some nice money.
The previous GM resigned suddenly at the end of March.
Commission President Michael Picker says the utility may be “simply too large...to succeed at safety.”
Events, restaurants, discounts and contests are all featured on the site.
Starting on Jan. 1, 2016, fares will increase by either 10 or 15 cents depending on distance of the trip.
Berkeley imposed a similar ban last week and has so far not announced any change to the policy.
Ten people from the Bay Area were among those to earn pardons
Miss the deadline and you'll have to pay even more. We have the link for paying your Alameda County Property taxes, Rockridge.
The program is back on track with new supplier after previous outfit went belly up.
The first-ever statewide mandatory restrictions call for a decrease in water use by 25 percent through February 2016.
All five judges appointed by Brown Friday are Democrats.
The bills, AB 91 and AB 92, include over $135 million in new funding for clean drinking water for some of the poorest communities in CA
Senate Bill 718 would address a gap in the law that exists when the pollutant in question has not been identified.
On its 100th anniversary, the California DMV proves that it's keeping up with the times--the Driver Handbook is offered on iPad.
The work is projected to begin this summer and finish in 2018, according to Caltrans.
Hundreds of Alameda County residents reported their neighbors for wood burning.
California will move ahead immediately with 'shovel ready' projects.
Following dire warning by NASA water scientist, state imposes tougher restrictions.
Have you been creeped-out by the 'San Andreas' movie trailer? Wait until you hear the new USGS prediction.
“The San Francisco Giants are proud to sign the brief because it speaks directly to our core values of equality and social justice for all."
The new plan benefits people in wheelchairs and the blind.
The commission of 21 members works to plan, finance and coordinate transportation in the nine-county Bay Area.
The federal legislation would improve wetlands, habitat, water quality and erosion .
"California has some of the strictest DUI laws in the nation, but we need tough boating laws as well,” said Assemblymember Marc Levine.
Cybersecurity policy will be on the agenda, along with a fundraiser.
Two state legislators promised to introduce mandatory vaccines as Feinstein and Boxer urge the state to kill the personal belief exemption.
One NorCal animal rights law organization called foie gras “a product of extreme animal cruelty.”
All Oakland employers subject to new minimum wage AND paid sick leave requirement.
Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro announced the project from the roof of Marlton Manor.
“Poverty in the U.S. is the highest that it’s been since 1965, and California has the highest poverty rate in the nation,” Wilma Chan said.
Social workers want cuts made during the 2008 recession be restored in Gov. Brown's budget.
Schaaf said she’s interested in meeting and talking with the protesters during her regular office hours at City Hall.
Schaaf says the Oakland City Council is expected to approve the appointment of John Flores at its meeting on Tuesday.
The former Alameda County prosecutor says she'll be making a run for the U.S. Senate.
Just a few years after residents raised money to prevent the closure of their favorite state parks, the new budget offers a hike.
Haggerty will be the president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for the next two years.