As California lawmakers returned Monday to Sacramento for the legislative session, Democrats acknowledged a clear message ...

California’s high-speed rail project faces pushback from the incoming Trump administration. But state leaders on Monday ...

California’s ambitious high-speed rail project, aimed at connecting Los Angeles to the Bay Area, has been met with a mix of ...

Joseph Bell is a free man now, but he still recalls with pain the 22 years he spent in state prison while sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for a San Francisco robbery in which his ...

San Jose state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced a bill to prevent state agencies selling decommissioned diesel trains for reuse after Caltrain authorized the sale of part of its diesel-powered ...

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Several politicians and residents in the Bay Area wrote fondly of former president Jimmy Carter, highlighting his presidency ...

Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, said that a combination of cap-and-trade and private developer investments is key to sustaining the life of the project.

Tragedy and a lack of workplace safety measures led one Silicon Valley lawmaker to call for tighter regulations to protect employees.

San Jose state Sen. Dave Cortese has introduced a bill to prevent state agencies selling decommissioned diesel trains for reuse after Caltrain authorized the sale of part of its diesel-powered fleet ...