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California High-Speed Rail's Own Inspector General Just Put a Date on the Cash Cliff: December 2027
California's high-speed rail project has been "running out of money" for a decade of headlines.
AIPAC Money and Dueling FEC Complaints Upend the Race to Replace Swalwell
A week out from the Aug. 18 special election to fill Eric Swalwell's East Bay congressional seat, more than $5 million in outside money has flooded…
Lurie Brands Prop I a 'Slush Fund' — Backed by the Police and Fire Unions He Just Gave Raises
Mayor Daniel Lurie has come out against Proposition I, the November ballot measure that would steer San Francisco's real-estate transfer tax toward…
The Criminal Case Stopped at Two Drivers. A San Mateo Jury Put a Quarter of the Blame on the Racer's Parents.
A San Mateo County jury on Tuesday awarded $33 million to the twin girls orphaned in a 2022 Redwood City street race — and, in a finding the criminal…
SF Waived the Affordable-Housing Rules to Get Offices Converted. Its Latest Win, 150 Hayes, Has 104 Units and No Required Below-Market Homes.
To coax developers into turning empty downtown offices into apartments, San Francisco cut transfer taxes, rezoned commercial blocks, and eliminated…
Suisun City Won't Rule Out Paying a Ransom as Its Cyberattack Enters a Second Week
Asked whether Suisun City would pay a ransom to the people who crippled its computer network, Mayor Alma Hernandez did not say no.
BART's Weekends Came Back. Its Weekdays Didn't — and That's the Whole Budget Problem.
Weekend riders have all but returned to BART's trains.
Oakland Station Seniors Took Their Roaches to Sacramento — to the State Agency That Funded Their Landlord
More than 20 senior tenants from a deep East Oakland affordable complex bused to Sacramento last week not just to shame their property manager, but…
SFO's $11 Billion Building Spree Bets on Luxury — Even as Its Own Runway Work Fuels Delays
San Francisco International Airport is roughly midway through an $11 billion, decade-long capital program — pouring billions into a Terminal 3…
A Tourism Board Wants Alameda County, Dublin and Pleasanton to Bankroll a $365M Arena. One City Is Already Broke.
Visit Tri-Valley, the region's taxpayer-supported tourism arm, is pitching a $365 million, publicly funded event center near the Dublin/Pleasanton…
A $25,000 Check and a Bay FC Sweatshirt: The Loophole Bankrolling Matt Dorsey
Crypto billionaire Chris Larsen can legally give Supervisor Matt Dorsey's reelection campaign no more than $500.
Lurie Says a Former Nordstrom Rack Will Become 136 Homes. The City Won't Say How Many Are Affordable.
Mayor Daniel Lurie's newest housing showpiece is a shuttered discount department store at 901 Market St.
SF Foreclosure Tax Clears Committee, Awaits Full Board Vote for November Ballot
A controversial proposal to tax foreclosure sales of commercial and multifamily properties in San Francisco has successfully navigated the Budget and…
Roblox's Safety Overhaul Comes With a Wall Street Bill: San Mateo Firm Loses a Quarter of Its Value in a Day
Roblox, the San Mateo game platform that spent 2026 rebuilding itself around child safety, watched Wall Street punish that bet on Friday: shares…
Newsom Finally Released His Tax Returns — Late, and Under a Federal Cloud
Gov. Gavin Newsom released four years of tax returns Friday — his first disclosure since 2022 — after years of not honoring a pledge to publish them…
San Ramon Isn't Converting Its Empty Offices — It's Demolishing Them for 8,000 Homes
San Ramon's Bishop Ranch, a 585-acre corporate office park, isn't retrofitting its half-empty buildings into apartments.
The People Leaving the Bay Area to Buy Homes Aren't the Richest or the Poorest, a New UC Study Finds
Bay Area residents who leave the region are 33% more likely to own a home five years later — but a new University of California study finds the…