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The city of San Jose received a $100,000 grant to beef up bicyclist and pedestrian safety as part of a year-long program, city officials said Thursday.

Italy’s president demanded guarantees Saturday that all the nation’s roads are safe following the Genoa highway bridge collapse, after he hugged and comforted mourners at a state funeral in the grieving port city. President Sergio Mattarella spoke quietly to victims’ families before the ceremony began on Genoa’s fairgrounds. Usually reserved in demeanor, Mattarella was embraced tightly for a long moment...

Instead of avoiding the situation surrounding the protests from Thursday night, the Kings are embracing the chance to make a difference. And on Sunday, they had help from the Boston Celtics.

A new study inspired by Boston’s early experiments with self-driving cars finds that the technology could ease congestion, but might also lead to more cars on the road and further encourage urban sprawl. The report, released Tuesday by the Boston Consulting Group and the World Economic Forum, is a mostly optimistic take on how autonomous vehicles could change cities. Three...

Massive waterfalls in Yosemite National Park and rivers raging in mountains throughout the western United States are thundering with greater force than they have for years — and proving deadly as warm weather melts the deepest mountain snowpack in recent memory. Record snowfall on towering Western peaks this winter virtually eliminated California’s five-year drought and it is now melting rapidly....

An employee perk at some of the world’s most well-known tech companies is being blamed for slowing down San Francisco commuters, while also potentially putting them at risk of injury along the city’s roadways. The NBC Bay Area Investigative Unit obtained traffic records that reveal a growing problem that could put other commuters in danger.

A safety commission unanimously voted Wednesday to reject an appeal by Pacifica residents who want to overturn the city’s decision to yellow-tag their apartment complex.

A week after Pacifica demolished an apartment on a crumbling cliff, city leaders are asking a safety commission to reject an appeal by residents who want to overturn a decision to yellow-tag the property after geologists have cited a “clear danger” because of the continuous erosion there.

Crumbling cliffs have forced dozens to leave their homes in Pacifica as EL Nino-fueled storms batter the coast.

Federal, state and local leaders in Pacifica were poised Wednesday to address the coastal city’s crumbling cliffs and yellow-tagged structures damaged during this month’s El Niño-fueled storms.

Some Pacifica residents are digging in their heels and refusing to leave their homes although the cliff upon which their apartment complex stands is sliding into the ocean.

The Pacifica city council on Monday approved an emergency declaration after storms caused by El Niño battered the city’s coastline, leaving behind a sinkhole, a damaged sea wall and a trail of destruction.

Pacifica declared a state of emergency Friday after storms caused by El Niño slammed into the city’s coastline, leaving behind a sinkhole, a damaged sea wall and a trail of destruction.

We knew the storm damage on the Peninsula was bad — now San Mateo County supervisors say it’s a full blown state of emergency.