Housing advocates who viewed SB79 as a potential sea change say it became diluted during the political process. The bill's primary sponsor calls it a "a remarkably strong bill." ...

Authorities have arrested a paroled felon with a violent past in connection with a deadly stabbing on a Caltrain platform, according to police and a local news report. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s ...

The disruption brought on by COVID-19 and major upgrades like electrifying its line quickly modernized a commuter rail system in the California Bay Area, which is now seeing ridership surpassing ...

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For the first time in its history, Caltrain is ditching diesel for high-speed electric power. This transformation marks one of the most significant rail upgrades in the US in decades, promising faster ...

(KRON) — The San Bruno Police Department (SBPD) was patrolling city streets during a late-night DUI enforcement operation over the weekend. The department said an officer pulled over a white Jaguar ...

In the post-Covid era, running transit systems has become so costly that even longtime supporters are starting to balk. With ridership still depressed and federal Covid funds exhausted, agencies now ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom came to San Francisco on Friday to sign a package of energy and climate-related bills that will deliver many millions of dollars for Bay Area programs, including for ...

The battery world has fallen head over heals for lithium-iron-phosphate cells, a cheap, durable chemistry that can lower the price of a vehicle by thousands of dollars. Tariffs and anti-China ...

Menlo Park last week moved forward with plans to convert three downtown parking lots into high-density housing, aiming to add hundreds of affordable units amid soaring housing costs, while preserving ...

Austin Turner is a web producer at CBS News Los Angeles. An Inland Empire native, Austin earned a degree in journalism from San Jose State University in 2020. Before joining CBS News in 2025, he ...