The Oakland City Council is set to vote on a proposal to ban the city from using facial recognition technology next Tuesday. KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier talks about issue of privacy rights versus safety.

KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier speaks on this road traffic safety project and the issues a concept like this one faces in cities like San Francisco and San Jose.

There are efforts underway in Sacramento to legalize sports betting. KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier talks about what is required to make that happen.

KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier talked about the affordable housing demand in the Bay Area.

A State Assembly committee has backed legislation that's meant to support California's utility companies that are facing liabilities from future wildfires.

KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier speaks on how this bill goes beyond PG&E.

There's been quite a shift in when people get on the road in the Bay Area. Waves of commuters flock to the freeways much earlier in the day thanks to the "building boom". KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier talks about our reputation as workaholics, and where to expect an upsurge in those red brake lights in the future.

KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier discussed the results of a poll about people wanting to limit home building at places where fires might start.

State legislators continue to debate proposals over how companies like Uber and Lyft treat gig workers who work on their own schedules. KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier talks about the issues behind how these workers are classified.

The San Francisco-based e-cigarette company seems to be okay with potential regulations - especially if those regulations could keep their product out of the hands of kids. But is this agreeable nature part of a bigger plan?

KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier speaks on the political side of this debate and how Juul could choose to fight an overall ban.

San Francisco's $2.2 billion Transbay Center opened earlier this week (kind of, again). Initially poised to become the great transit hub of the Bay Area, dreams of its fulfillment keep getting pushed back.

KCBS Radio, KPIX-5, and Chronicle Insider Phil Matier talk about the project's major hurdles and what the next best thing could be for the transit center.