California’s progressive policies are clearly in conflict with its living costs, thus creating a political conundrum.

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

FORMER PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER left a strong impression on the people, including Silicon Valley leaders who spent time with ...

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

(Laura A. Oda/Bay Area News Group) Carter’s impact extended into the Bay Area, as State Senator Dave Cortese, who represents ...

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 ...

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 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.