The state can't get rid of the light brown apple moth by using sticky traps alone, so officials will have to fight the pest from the air and through other land-based techniques, a team of scientists said Monday.

Caltrain has stepped up to lead the recruitment of a team of the largest passenger rail systems in the Bay Area. The team’s vital first job will be to negotiate as a unit with Bay Area private freight railroads and obtain rights of way for extending each of the existing passenger lines and ultimately creating a seamless route that connects the entire region.

The median price and annual percentage change of homes sold in March in selected California counties: