A provision in the coronavirus stimulus bill currently being considered by Congress that would have allocated nearly $150 million toward BART’s South Bay extension has …
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, on Thursday called for Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet of President Donald Trump to remove Trump from …
Bay Area congressional representatives reacted Wednesday to the chaos created by supporters of President Donald Trump who overcame police and breached the U.S. Capitol in …
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District Board of Directors voted unanimously Wednesday to reverse the planned layoffs of nearly 150 employees, effective upon …
The Bay Area hit a somber milestone with more than 700 deaths caused by Covid-19. Case tracking regionally seems to be lagging in data reporting …
After months of proffering an often piecemeal and chaotic response to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the federal government is still failing to extend protections to …
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Bay Area officials celebrated a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Monday that extended protections against job discrimination to gay, lesbian and …
On Tuesday morning, a letter co-led by Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, and Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, and signed by 35 members of Congress demanded that …
In an unusual move to reach a consensus early, California Assembly and Senate leaders announced Wednesday they have agreed on a state budget that would …
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, was released from a hospital over the weekend after pneumonia and a rib fracture from a fall in March, his …
The first days of the new year came crashing down with renewed fears of yet another war in the Middle East. On Dec. 31, as …
U.S. Rep. Mark DeSaulnier, D-Walnut Creek, will host public “town hall” meetings in Pittsburg and Richmond this week, for updates on House of Representatives activities …
A few dozen climate change activists lay strewn across the entrance to 1 Post Street Tuesday afternoon. The demonstrators, many of whom came with the …
Hundreds protested outside Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s office Tuesday afternoon in a national day of action urging Congress to shut down migrant detention camps. Demonstrators blocked …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday blocked for now a plan by the administration of President Donald Trump to include a citizenship question on the …
A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday issued a preliminary injunction blocking President Donald Trump’s partial ban on asylum seekers
A federal appeals court in San Francisco by a 2-1 vote Thursday upheld a preliminary injunction requiring employers to provide contraceptive coverage in group health plans.
A federal appeals court in San Francisco Friday turned down a government request to reinstate President Donald Trump’s partial ban on asylum seekers at the Mexican border.
A spokeswoman for an East Bay refugee rights group that sued President Donald Trump over a partial asylum ban said today the group is thrilled …
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi pledged to work with Republicans on a number of issues — among them building infrastructure and lowering prescription drug costs.
A judge ruled Friday that The City’s Sanctuary City policies comply with federal law.
Hundreds of people blocked the entrance to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s San Francisco office Tuesday to protest a new national immigration policy that has children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg will testify in front of Congress next Wednesday.
The U.S. Department of Justice will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a federal judge in San Francisco to keep protections for undocumented young people in place.
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration’s cancellation of a program protecting undocumented young people from being deported.
The city of San Jose sued President Donald Trump in federal court Thursday to challenge his cancellation of deportation protections for young immigrants.
San Francisco officials celebrated the completion on the second phase of the $551 million Moscone Convention Center expansion.
The city of San Francisco and Santa Clara County asked a federal judge to issue a permanent injunction against President Trump’s executive order on sanctuary cities.
A federal judge in San Francisco Wednesday agreed to review the U.S. Justice Department’s bid for reconsideration of a preliminary injunction that blocked President Trump’s executive …
Federal funding that was in limbo earlier this year for a Caltrain electrification project will be approved after all.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced a $600 million bidding contest late Friday night to kick off construction of The Wall
Education activists from across the Bay Area are scheduled to rally Tuesday in Oakland to oppose the confirmation of Betsy Devos as the new U.S. Secretary of Education.
A longtime South Bay congressional leader is losing his seat to a newcomer in their second contest against each other.
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority was awarded nearly $2.5 million to purchase a new fleet of zero-emissions buses.
Rep. Mark DeSaulnier offered a provision in a defense spending bill that the Navy examine racial bias in the treatment of black sailors court-martialed after the deadly Port Chicago explosion.