4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (430+ words) Efforts to encourage more Redwood Middle School students to take public transportation to school were derailed by unreliable service, according to discussions at the Sept. 2 Saratoga City Council meeting. Some proponents of the program asked if VTA could schedule the…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (623+ words) ORINDA — The Caldecott Tunnel, a major thoroughfare between Contra Costa and Alameda counties, is poised for a major renovation backed by $267 million in federal and state funding, state officials recently announced. The project will be the most extensive investment in…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (242+ words) Overcrowded roads and long lines of traffic are expected near San Francisco and the Peninsula for much of the upcoming holiday weekend because of a highway closure in one direction. Caltrans is shutting down all northbound lanes of U.S. 101 between the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (133+ words) The Mercury News Asking Eric: I have glasses for reading. My husband wants me to wear them all the time. Harriette Cole: I learned of my husband’s workplace swindle, and I’m appalled Miss Manners: If they’re trying to brighten my…...

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (557+ words) San Jose is one step closer to selecting a new name for the city’s popular downtown park, Plaza de Cesar Chavez. “Plaza de San Jose” was the top pick in a ranked-choice survey of five finalists in which more than…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1040+ words) Electric aircraft maker Archer Aviation is expanding its regional network of futuristic flying air-taxis to L.A. Live, the sports and entertainment district in downtown Los Angeles. The sprawling area — the size of nearly 70 NFL football fields laid side-by-side — is surrounded by…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (156+ words) Sunnyvale Beam, the city’s new on-demand rideshare service, is officially launching Sept. 1, 9-10 a.m., at the Sunnyvale City Hall North Plaza. Attendees can check out the new vehicles, hear remarks from city officials and enjoy special giveaways. The service is designed…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (497+ words) The first day of school in the Newport-Mesa Unified School District on Monday, Aug. 17, was also the first day of a new ban on electric bikes and all other electric vehicles, such as scooters and boards, at its K-8 campuses. High…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (549+ words) California journalist Joe Mathews rode Morocco’s high-speed train recently and penned a fully justified and blistering comparison between what the North African nation achieved quickly and relatively inexpensively and California’s laughingstock bullet train project. “Morocco and California are remarkably similar…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (793+ words) Early city data shows motorists slowing down along some of Oakland’s most dangerous streets, prompting the city’s transportation director to explore whether red-light cameras should return. Oakland Department of Transportation Director Josh Rowan said this week that the reintroduction of…...