California Capitol Annex project leaders won’t say how much it costs taxpayers

Two weeks after Gov. Gavin Newsom criticized the California Legislature’s lack of transparency with the California Capitol Annex Project and said he would help with the issue, the project’s leaders are still refusing to say how much it’s estimated to cost taxpayers. It has been at least three years since the Legislature’s Joint Rules Committee […]

Carquinez Bridge joint near Vallejo showing premature wear

The California Department of Transportation says a seismic expansion joint on the westbound side of the San Francisco Bay Area’s Carquinez Bridge has premature wear.The San Francisco Chronicle reports that a Caltrans official explained the problem to an oversight panel Wednesday.The $240 million steel suspension span over the Carquinez Strait near Vallejo was completed in […]