In an extremely unusual use of taxpayer money, the leaders behind California's $99 billion high-speed train quietly hired a lobbyist to sway the Legislature -- the same politicians who appointed them to build the project in the first place.
Warning of an "immense financial risk" to the state, a renowned group of transportation and financial experts advised lawmakers Tuesday to pull the emergency brake on funding California's $99 billion high-speed train.
Santa Claus, he ain't. A Stockton teenager got stuck in the chimney of his home Thursday and had to be extricated by firefighters who partially demolished the brick structure.
Authorities are searching the ruins of an abandoned warehouse in Stockton where two bodies were found after a fire consumed the building earlier this week.
Martinez Councilman Mark Ross knew the reporter's call would come.His name is on this year's Contra Costa County delinquent property tax list -- he owes $81,357 in back taxes on a seven-unit apartment building he owns in Port Costa.
TRACY -- The expansion of Tracy's municipal airport could woo a greater percentage of corporate jets, building revenue for the city, but some neighbors say it will prove too noisy and unsafe.
A Lodi woman has given up her daycare license after state investigators said she locked infants in car seats and kept them in a darkened closet, among other violations.
As fears grow that an unseasonably warm winter could lead to a severe West Nile virus season in the Bay Area, statewide vector control agencies may lose their chief weapon in fighting the mosquito-borne illness.
A Tracy man was arrested on child pornography charges Tuesday following an indictment by a federal grand jury, the Department of Justice announced in a news release.
