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

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

Becky Mills wasn’t the least bit flustered. Mills has been a server at Amber Restaurant in Halls for 40 of its 47 years of ...

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 ...

Sen. Dave Cortese (D-San Jose), chair of the Senate Transportation Committee, said that a combination of cap-and-trade and ...

Not everyone sees it that way. State Sen. Dave Cortese (D–San José) said sending the fossil-fuel-burning engines to Peru is just shifting pollution and greenhouse emissions from one place to another ...

Dec. 8—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 ...

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.

California Legislative Black Caucus members appointed to leadership roles in State Senate and Assembly. Nine out of 12 members are Black women.