The State of the City will be given next Tuesday, Jan. 7.
The temporary increase is supposed to generate new revenue to make up for big losses in 2008 and 2011.
Our string of Spare the Air days continues.
The man says he is a former employee of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the agency that calls the Spare-the-Air Alerts.
This is the 24th alert the air district has issued since the Winter Spare the Air season started Nov. 1.
The increase is expected to average an extra 19 cents per ride.
Gov. Jerry Brown signed nearly 1,000 bills into law in 2013; here's a selection of some of the more notable measures that will soon go into effect.
Without extensions from Congress, several important tax breaks may end.
Sunday's ban is the 22nd of the season.
Need to burn off some calories from a big Christmas dinner?
The Spare the Air alert bans wood burning both indoors and outdoors due to unhealthy pollution levels throughout the Bay Area.
A new statewide website makes preparing for earthquakes fun and interactive.
More than two million Americans contract antibiotic-resistant infections each year.
Paint that was used in the 1930s and 40s contained dangerous lead that deteriorated over time and harmed people, especially children.
Work will continue at the plant six days a week, but the swing shift is being discontinued.
An elderly man in China is second person infected with deadly H7N9 influenza virus.
You have just a few weeks left to make some final tax moves for the 2013 tax year.
This marks a full week for the Alert.
"BART must pay $800 million toward the cost of new rail cars -- this fare increase will help us achieve that goal."
It's getting so bad that even healthy people are coughing. Pity those with asthma.
Our miserably cold weather traps wood smoke close to the ground, raising air pollution to unhealthy levels.
All federal offices in the Washington, D.C. area have been closed today.
SFO has eight miles of shoreline around the airport and has already begun planning for sea level rise.
A new federal rule expands the time allowed for accidental eagle deaths due to encounters with wind turbines.
Wood burning is banned in the Bay Area Monday.
Medicare's Open Enrollment period ends Dec. 7.
This business owes more than $400K.
BART board says the family leave provision is a mistake that would be "financially back-breaking."
Caltrain construction this week, thru Dec. 6, will be performed during the day.
Lawmakers hope to prevent future gun tragedies.
The contest is open to all constituents of the 13th Senate District and allows residents to submit their ideas for improving the quality of life in San Mateo County and Santa Clara County or the state of California.
The president will attend two fundraisers and give a policy speech in San Francisco, before heading to Los Angeles.
The alert bans the burning of wood, manufactured fire logs or other solid fuel, both inside and outdoors, for 24 hours.
Silicon Valley generates more patent applications than anywhere else in the nation.
Train operators had to manually switch tracks.
Three Chinese girls were killed in the crash and its aftermath while more than 180 other passengers were injured.
The recommendations were made in the wake of the San Bruno explosion.
During a legislative subcommittee hearing in San Francisco, the head of the CPUC was told, "We really need to see a redirection and focus here as it relates to safety, in both infrastructure and the workplace."