A proposal by county officials to dramatically reduce the number of hours Alameda’s three drawbridges are staffed – and to require four hours’ notice from anyone who needs a bridge lifted when they aren’t staffed …

The state Legislature has passed a budget sans an anticipated takeaway of more than $1 billion in locals’ gas tax funds (the Assembly balked at the last minute). Which means the county’s threats to leave …

As I reported the other day, the state’s elected leaders, in an effort to close a multi-billion-dollar budget gap, have proposed a plan to take back more than $1 billion in gas tax money that …