Backers of a Bay Area transit tax increase are preparing an initiative to put on the ballot to potentially boost some area sales taxes to 11%.

The scramble is on as homeowners, developers and renters’ rights groups try to determine how SB 79, and the sweeping increase ...

The passage this month of California Senate Bill 63, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener and now awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed legislation that will put the decision to impose a regional sales tax to help close the ...

Exoplanet hunters Christopher Watson and Annelies Mortier explain the long search for a 'twin Earth' capable of sustaining ...

Oakland, San Francisco, and other Bay Area cities could see significant new investments in public transit if voters approve ...

Here’s the latest on how shrimp and spices got contaminated with cesium-137, how the FDA has responded, and why consumers ...

This focus the winter bikes had on reliability even spawned their own events; the Reliability Ride. An early-season test of ...

Why are cities and counties pausing data center development, and what are some of the permanent changes they are making to their code?

Astronomers have yet to find irrefutable proof for any natural satellites of exoplanets—so-called exomoons—but as ...

In addition to mayor, Matthews voters will decide who serves on the Matthews Town Board. Ten candidates are seeking one of ...