Hearing set on $7 bridge toll ... May 10--The Golden Gate Bridge District Board of Directors voted 13-2 Friday to move ahead with a hearing on a proposal that could increase the toll to $7 during peak periods. But one Marin County representative on the board had concerns...
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Environment & The Green Beat SAN FRANCISCO (CBS 5) ― The Coast Guard oversaw the cleanup of a small amount of oil released into the San Francisco Bay, Saturday. The oil, which created a 500-yard sheen in the area west of...
LITTLE ROCK — A not-for-profit land conservation group is in negotiations with an unnamed Arkansas state agency to sell a 1,500-acre island in the Mississippi River for use as a camping, hiking, fishing, recreation and...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has pulled out as keynote speaker for a gay rights group's fundraising event following intense lobbying from trans-gender activists angry over the group's stand on a...
Reported suspension comes amid state, federal investigations SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Swiss bank UBS AG suspended David Shulman, the firm's head of fixed income in the U.S. and global head of municipal securities,...