When a Spare the Air Day is called, it is illegal to burn wood, manufactured firelogs or any other solid fuel, both indoors and outdoors.
Stanford has begun a thorough scrubbing of the dormitory where the outbreak occurred. The number of infected students has increased.
750,000 cases of the product have been discarded due to early rotting, discoloration, according to the FDA.
The new water stations will be installed over the next 3 years.
Longtime San Jose politician faces four other contenders for San Jose's mayoral seat.
Eradication program commences Oct. 25.
Officials meeting Friday to discuss toll hike as part of effort to reduce a $142 million budget deficit.
BART may not be in the South Bay, but the effects of the strike rippled through Silicon Valley.
New tunnel underneath San Francisco Bay is being built to survive even a major earthquake, which is likely in the Bay Area in the coming years.
BART workers walked off the job and onto the picket line this morning.
You can head to Yosemite after all to catch some beautiful fall colors.
Map shows how much Peninsula-Santa Cruz area individuals and corporations owe to the Franchise Tax Board.
Workers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park are among thousands in the Bay Area facing furlough this week due to the government shutdown.
Callers 'overjoyed' when they find out that preexisting conditions won't get them rejected for health care coverage.
The progressive Silicon Valley congresswoman's sentiments are echoed by others, including the staunchly conservative Dana Rohrabacher, her state congressional colleague.
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.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Monday issued a public health alert after raw chicken products produced by three facilities of privately owned Foster Farms in California sickened hundreds of people.
NASA's website has been shuttered; most USGS sites down too.
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.
To find out about your eligibility and coverage options or enroll in Obamacare, visit www.coveredca.com or call 888-975-1142.
Supporters of decriminalization are angling to put a new proposition on next year’s ballot.
Almost 100 chefs asked Gov. Jerry Brown to put a stop to the practice.
Ex Santa Clara County Supervisor George Shirakawa pleaded guilty March 18 to five felonies and seven misdemeanor counts for filing inaccurate government finance and campaign reports.
The bill passed the state legislature this week.
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.
Supervisors are considering two companies to build the new center.
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Workers vote to approve the new contract today.
A weekly round-up of news from the state Capitol.
New span of Bay Bridge will have parallel side-by-side deck.
The old span will be closed on the evening of Wednesday, Aug. 28, and the new span will open on Tuesday morning, Sept. 3.
California beat out Texas by almost 30 billion miles. Yes, billion with a 'b.'
The new Bay Bridge should be safer in earthquakes and sport a better view, too.