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Oakland considers dropping voting age in school board elections
Oakland City Council members will decide Tuesday whether to allow 16 and 17-year-old residents to vote in the Oakland School Board elections. The Oakland Youth Vote measure, authored by...Read More
Supes propose lowering municipal voting age to 16
Several San Francisco supervisors are supporting a charter amendment that will be introduced at Tuesday’s board meeting that would give voting rights to 16- and 17-year-old city residents for...Read More
SF voters show support for all five propositions
San Francisco voters Tuesday were asked to consider five propositions. As of Wednesday afternoon, it appears all five safely passed. Read More
Bay Area primary election highlights
Sonoma/Marin counties: Measure I Voters in Sonoma and Marin counties rejected a 30-year extension of a quarter-cent sales tax for the operation of the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit’s SMART...Read More
Early results show overwhelming support for Councilman Perez recall
Early voting results released Tuesday night showed Foster City residents voting overwhelmingly to recall City Councilman Herb Perez due to his repeated insults of city residents and “bullying.” Perez,...Read More
Contra Costa District 3 supervisor race highlights environmental issues
Most of the way through her first four-year term in office, Diane Burgis believes she deserves a second term as the supervisor representing the east end of Contra Costa...Read More
Midnight deadline nears for voter registration
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla reminded voters Tuesday that they have until the end of the night to register to vote or update their voter registration for the...Read More
Sanders campaign draws thousands to Richmond rally in thick of primary season
A massive crowd in the tens of thousand flocked to Richmond’s Craneway Pavilion Monday for Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ presidential campaign rally. The Craneway, a former Ford Motor assembly...Read More
A look at Trump, Clinton speeches provides stark contrast between two impeached presidents
Moments before the House Judiciary Committee passed articles of impeachment against former President Bill Clinton on Dec. 11, 1998, the president gave a speech in the Rose Garden to...Read More
Officials implement fraud safeguards amid ongoing corruption investigation
As the San Francisco city attorney and controller continue their investigation of Public Works Director Mohammed Nuru for alleged bribery schemes, they have also implemented interim safeguards to prevent further...Read More
Sonoma County District 3 candidates agree on policy, differ on approach
Three-term Sonoma County Supervisor Shirlee Zane and former Santa Rosa City Councilman and Mayor Chris Coursey are running in the March 3 primary election for the District 3 seat...Read More
‘Squid Pro Quo’ joins Trump Chicken for San Francisco Bay Saturday sail
The Trump Chicken will return to San Francisco Bay on Saturday, but this the inflatable bird will be accompanied by a 60-foot inflatable squid. The “Squid Pro Quo” is...Read More
Fewer endorses Connie Chan in run for District 1 seat
“This city has raised me and people like me."Read More
San Francisco recruits poll workers for March 3 election
The Department of Elections in San Francisco is recruiting people interested in serving as poll workers in the March 3 election. Poll workers facilitate voting at neighborhood polling places...Read More
Women’s March focuses on ‘lifting each other up’
Cheering, clapping and waving signs ranging from the profound to the profane, protesters from all over the Bay Area rallied in San Francisco for the fourth annual Women’s March...Read More
Sanders campaign opens downtown Oakland office
The 2020 campaign of Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, formally opened a campaign office Sunday in downtown Oakland. The Sanders campaign’s Oakland office, at 1500...Read More
Mayor London Breed talks ‘tough love,’ housing density in inauguration speech
“We are no longer accepting that 'compassion' means anything goes on our streets."Read More
Bay Area volunteers lead progressive charge as Bernie Sanders climbs in polls
At first blush, San Francisco’s Mission District might seem an unlikely setting for the regional campaign headquarters for a major presidential candidate. Street vendors are out on nearly every...Read More
Biden visits San Francisco for Thursday fundraising event
Former Vice President and current presidential candidate Joe Biden will be attending a fundraising event in San Francisco on Thursday for his campaign. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, is among...Read More