First there were "trigger cuts." Now, trigger raises.

Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders have reached agreement on major elements of the state budget, including a controversial school funding proposal and other issues, sources said.

Although most state employee contracts expire in the first three days of July, there's not much buzz coming out of the Capitol about ongoing negotiations. 

Bay Bridge's Old span Risky, Engineers Say, San Francisco Chronicle, 05/31/13

Every day the old eastern span of the Bay Bridge remains in use is a day motorists face the risk of catastrophe, Caltrans engineers say.

Bay Bridge Bike Path Bolts Break, KQED, May 29, 2013

The new eastern span of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge has another bolt problem — this one involving the bicycle path, a newspaper reported Wednesday

Cost of Bay Delta Tunnel Project Could be $9,000 a Household, SGV Tribune, 05/28/13

Opponents of the governor's Bay Delta Conservation Plan say the construction of 35 miles of concrete tunnels around the sensitive Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta will cost the average household in Los Angeles as much as $9,000, or add $5 to $16 a month to already increasing water bills over 40 years.

New Bay Bridge Would be Safe After Quake But Not Unscathed, Contra Costa Times, 05/28/13

 Ask many Bay Area officials how the new Bay Bridge will fare when the Big One strikes and their answers may be shaky.

Delta Commission Votes to Oppose Water Tunnel Plan, Sacramento Bee, 05/31/13

The Delta Protection Commission voted Thursday to oppose Gov. Jerry Brown's proposal for two giant water diversion tunnels in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, saying the project would not help agriculture, recreation and water quality.