Phil Matier

EV drivers have enjoyed solo carpool lane privileges under a temporary California program, but it's set to expire this year. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

The first few months of the Trump administration has been a whirlwind of executive action and clashes with judges across the country. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier and San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown.

It's time for our daily chat with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. Oakland Mayoral candidate Loren Taylor has gotten a surprise endorsement. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan says he's backing the former supervisor, who's taking on former Congresswoman Barbara Lee and several other candidates.

It's time for our daily chat with KCBS Insider Phil Matier. For the second year in a row, there will be no 420 celebration in Golden Gate Park, with a Volo Field Day set to take place featuring kickball and volleyball tournaments.

Oakland failed to issue 350 million dollar bond that would have enabled the city to build up to 2,400 units of affordable housing over the next six years. The voters approved a property tax extension to pay off the bond back in 2022, which also included allocating 290 million dollars for paving 40 miles of city streets per year. For more, KCBS Radio news ancho Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

San Francisco city officials appear to once again be considering a congestion charge to drive through parts of the City. Three supervisors and along with staff members visited New York City in January to see how the plan was working there. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

A new report out of San Francisco's Budget and Legislative Analyst's office says the city is not all that effective at preventing corruption. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

Two state senators from the Bay Area are once again pitching a plan to help public transit from falling off of the fiscal cliff. It would authorize as many as five counties to put a sales tax on the November ballot. For more, KCBS Radio anchors Patti Reising and Brett Burkhart spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

Governor Gavin Newsom seems to be cozying up to more conservative ideas byway of his new podcast. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

Get ready to start paying a lot more for parking on San Francisco streets. SFMTA is seeking to raise parking meter prices in order to address a $50 million dollar budget deficit. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is calling together more than two dozen corporate executives with some of the City's biggest companies to help revive the economy. The group is called Partnership for San Francisco. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Patti Reising and Bret Burkhart spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

As we've been reporting, speed cameras go into effect in San Francisco today. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

Early voting is already underway in the Oakland mayor's race. And while nine candidates are officially on the ballot, two appear to have pulled away from the pack. One is former Representative Barbara Lee and the other is former councilmember Loren Taylor, who lost a close race to now-impeached Mayor Sheng Thao. Does anyone else have a chance catching up to these two? For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier.

California could see an end to its practice of sending hazardous waste produced in-state to out-of-state landfills. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

Governor Gavin Newsom is taking an unusual step to stay in touch with some of the state's business leaders by sending them burner phones. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier.

Finding itself in a financial pickle, Muni may be able to cash in on a recent sports craze. For more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie has unveiled a new plan to help fight the city's homeless crisis and help those with mental health or substance abuse issues. Lurie is calling the initiative 'Breaking the Cycle.' How is this different from what past mayors have proposed? For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising spoke with KCBS insider Phil Matier.

San Francisco's famed pride parade is looking for some new sources of funding, as major corporate sponsors begin dropping out. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

San Francisco has 3,000 garbage cans citywide, but the city has struggled to find leadership to properly manage them. The Department of Public works announced last year that it would hire a "trash can czar," but that process has lagged. For more, KCBS Radio anchor Eric Thomas spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.

State regulators are considering relaxing restriction on where hazardous waste can be dumped. For more, KCBS Radio news anchor Patti Reising spoke with KCBS Insider Phil Matier.