By Ben Trefny on Tuesday, Mar 9, 10:18am
Let's start with the elephant in the state: the general budget. Late yesterday, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill that called for more than $2 billion in spending reductions starting this summer...Meanwhile, the California Legislature approved a Democratic bill, yesterday, aimed at...
By Jude Joffe-Block on Friday, Mar 5, 8:16pm
Iraqis from all over the region are heading to the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton this weekend to vote in Iraq’s parliamentary election.
The Pleasanton polling station is one of just eight polling locations in the U.S. It will be open Friday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. to...
Transportation Watch
By Nathanael Johnson on Wednesday, Mar 3, 4:45pm
Calling all gamers! It’s time for a multiple choice quiz. When you hear about a groundbreaking iPhone application, what springs to mind?A. Spunky Silicon-Valley start-ups?
B. Teenage hackers?
Or
C. government transportation planners?
Yep, it’s C—transportation planners may just be the...
Transportation Watch
By Nathanael Johnson on Tuesday, Mar 2, 4:59pm
This story is about a piece of land that you’ve probably passed through thousands of times without ever noticing it. It’s the acreage immediately below the Bay Bridge where it hits the East Bay. It’s a strange place, both wild and industrial, and a group of planners and engineers is working to turn...
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