This year California voters will choose a new governor, fill other statewide offices, elect 100 state legislators and 52 members of Congress and weigh an array of knotty ballot measures.

Officials in the state’s largest urban centers, Los Angeles County and the San Francisco Bay Area, will test voters’ appetite ...

Advocates kicked off a signature-gathering campaign on Tuesday for a parcel tax to fund Muni. It’s one of two ballot measures ...

With the World Cup 100 days away and thousands of fans expected to flood the public transit systems, funds are split, with $9 ...

Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) rolls out new fare gate tones and invites members of the blind and low-vision community to a ...

San Franciscans will consider a percentage point increase in the sales tax while Bay Area and LA-area voters will be asked for a half a percentage point.

One-party corruption | ICE training | Attacking Iran. Mercury News reader letters to the editor for March 1, 2026.

The board of directors for the Bay Area Rapid Transit has approved an alternative plan to slash service and cut costs as the ...

The study will weigh the benefits of a public versus private operation and consider the potential for "amphibious buses." ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom authorized a $590 million loan to help address the budgetary shortfall that Bay Area Rapid Transit has faced in recent years, following a drop in ridership due to the ...

The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on Jan. 30 reported reaching an agreement with the Office of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s Department of Finance for a $590 million loan ...