Calif. to Let San Francisco Bridge Bid to Expire
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California transportation  officials said on Thursday they have decided to allow a $1.4  billion bid to rebuild part of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay  Bridge to expire and to solicit less expensive designs for the  over-budget project.
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By Julie Sevrens Lyons, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Dec.
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Since the US Supreme Court decided to stay mum on the Massachusetts high court ruling that permits same-sex marriage, attorneys pushing San Francisco&#39;s anti-discrimination case said Monday they hope a similar hands-off attitude will prevail if they are
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A deadline on private bids for Northern Rock, the bank almost ruined by the squeeze on global credit, was to expire on Monday amid speculation that three proposals will be made to the board.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Feb. 24--TRACY -- Officials plan to squirrel away some of the city's liquid assets.
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By Serdar Tumgoren, The Dispatch, Gilroy, Calif.  Dec. 14--GILROY -- Developers, landowners and South County officials have  convinced a regional land-use agency to delay a policy that could limit the  growth of Gilroy and Morgan Hill.
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SAN FRANCISCO - Mayor Gavin Newsom on Sunday asked labor leaders and the management of 14 hotels embroiled in a nearly month-old dispute to resume normal operations for at least 90 days while the two sides try to negotiate a new contract.
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By Paul Sisson, North County Times, Escondido, Calif.  Mar. 8--OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- The city official estimated Wednesday that  it will cost Oceanside an additional $1 million to comply with new state water  rules passed Jan. 24.
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The eastern span of the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge, currently under construction and over budget, will be re-bid, according to Sunne Wright McPeak, secretary of California&#39;s Business, Transportation and Housing Agency, which oversees Caltrans, the
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The Justice Department will let the 2002 restrictions expire, though several states want extensions.
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By Kevin Howe, The Monterey County Herald, Calif.  Sep.
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Sacramento -- The Schwarzenegger administration offered a counterproposal on how to pay for the Bay Bridge&#39;s $2.3 billion cost overruns Thursday, but local lawmakers immediately rejected the plan as time was running out for a solution.
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California&#39;s top transportation official said today that the state will reject a current bid for rebuilding the eastern span of the Bay Bridge expire and take new bids.
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SAN FRANCISCO A baseball source says the San Francisco Giants are dropping their right to void the final year of their contract with Barry Bonds.
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The U.S. government will remain involved with the management of the Internet's domain name system after its current agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) expires on Saturday.
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By Rob Young, Appeal-Democrat, Marysville, Calif.  Sep. 13--Sutter County supervisors could not muster the votes Tuesday to extend a moratorium on splitting land parcels in the Meridian and Robbins basins and around the Sutter Buttes.
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Restriction on sale of 39M shares to expire, but analysts expect supply will be quickly absorbed. SAN FRANCISCO  - Shares of Web search leader Google Inc.