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Also: More shelling in the Syrian city of Homs; Yemenis vote in single-candidate presidential election; Stephen Colbert returns to the airwaves.

Yesterday, the city of San Francisco sued a federal pipeline safety agency, claiming they have "abjectly failed" to oversee a California natural gas…

This spring Jessie Diggins retired as one of America's most successful winter Olympic athletes at age 34. She's relaxing by entering 100-mile trail running races and navigating what comes next.

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Caltrain is making progress in rail electrification, with the transition expected to occur 5-10 years sooner than anticipated. Electrification would allow…

California Assembly Speaker John Perez will introduce a bill today that reduces the cost of public, four-year university tuition for California students…

The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco will rule this morning on whether Proposition 8 is constitutional. Regardless of its content, the…

With plenty of election ennui going around, NPR Books dug into the archives for new ways to look at the election storyline, including an idea of what happens when a campaign gets a dose of sci fi, fantasy and puberty, respectively.

The most popular video on YouTube has no lip-synching Chinese teenagers, no babies falling over, no drunk cats: It's Barack Obama's speech on race. So far, the Obama speech has been clicked on 1.6 million times and has drawn more than 4,000 comments, ranging from "awesome" to "no, we can't" to "Barrack to the Future!!"

Come early March, California might be clean out of money unless the Legislature takes action, says Controller John Chiang. The shortfall is projected to…

Also: Los Angeles removes entire staff at elementary school where two teachers are suspected of sexually abusing students; Republicans hold presidential caucuses today in Colorado and Minnesota.

Frustrated by cuts to the judiciary system, some Bay Area courts are pushing for legislation that would transfer control of the system's $3 billion budget…