Pelosi calls on Pence, cabinet to remove Trump under 25th Amendment
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, on Thursday called for Vice President Mike Pence and the cabinet of President Donald Trump to remove ...
BART board elects new leadership to navigate turbulent times
The BART Board of Directors on Thursday elected Director Mark Foley as board president and Director Rebecca ...
Two tight council races in Santa Clara County head to recount after certification
One vote really does matter — at least it does in Santa Clara County.
Now that election results ...
Challenger concedes race to Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan
The main challenger to Oakland City Council President Rebecca Kaplan’s next term on the council has conceded ...
Incumbent concedes Oakland District 3 seat to housing activist Carroll Fife
Oakland City Councilmember Lynette Gibson McElhaney has conceded the District 3 council race to Carroll Fife, who ...
Trump makes unfounded voter fraud claims, Biden urges ‘calm’ as his lead grows
All eyes are on Georgia, Pennsylvania, Nevada and Arizona Thursday afternoon as former Vice President Joe Biden inches closer to an Electoral College ...
Voters save Caltrain with Measure RR passage in all three counties
Voters in the three counties served by Caltrain passed a measure that will add a one one-eighth ...
Livermore vice mayor holds substantial lead in city’s mayoral race
Livermore Vice Mayor Bob Woerner appears to have won the race for mayor, Tuesday’s unofficial election results ...
Police find effigy with ‘Sleepy Joe (Cheater)’ sign hanging from Brentwood home
Brentwood police found a mannequin hanging from a rope from the side of a home with “Sleepy ...
Voters narrowly approve bond measure to save Piedmont Community Pool
A voter effort to save Piedmont’s community pool worked, final unofficial results from Tuesday’s election show.
Measure UU ...
All four incumbents hold onto BART Board director seats
All four BART Board directors running for reelection won bids to retain their seats, with embattled Director Debora Allen cruising to victory with ...
Contra Costa County election results offer few surprises
The Contra Costa County congressional district races landed pretty much where expected with incumbents retaining seats handily. ...
Berkeley measure could establish independent police accountability board
A measure on the Nov. 3 ballot in Berkeley would establish an independent board to hold police ...
Walnut Creek City Council challengers shine light on police reform, social justice issues
Several Walnut Creek City Council candidate challengers in the Nov. 3 election were either motivated to run ...
Contra Costa County starts sales tax measure campaign to bolster depleted budget
Contra Costa County officials on Friday will formally kick off a campaign supporting a half-cent countywide sales ...
State streamlines process to sign up poll workers with online portal
The California Secretary of State’s Office announced the launch of a portal Friday that allows state residents to sign up to work as ...
El Cerrito extends deadline for City Council nominations
The deadline for filing nomination documents for the El Cerrito City Council in November’s election has been ...
Haney’s new sanitation department measure heads to November ballot
San Francisco voters will get the chance in November to decide if a new sanitation department will ...
County forges ahead with 20-year tax measure to fund social, emergency services
The Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors will continue pursuing a half-cent, 20-year sales tax measure for ...
City Council proposal aims to soften pandemic blow to small business with revised tax code
Three members of the Oakland City Council and a coalition of small business owners and labor union ...
State expands physical polling locations for November election
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Wednesday to expand the state’s number of polling places ahead of the November general election, which ...
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 ...
Covid-19 update: Newsom talks election with mail-in ballot order, some city trends keep climbing
It’s a mixed bag in the country as well as the greater Bay Area. Some regions have ...
Santa Clara County considers mail-in voting only for November election
About 900,000 eligible voters in Santa Clara County may be limited to vote-by-mail ballots in November if ...
School district settles with former student over parody posted during school election
The San Ramon Valley Unified School District has reached a $665,000 settlement with a former student body ...
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.
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 ... Measure J on path to fall short of two-thirds threshold
Measure J — a 35-year half-cent sales tax to raise money for local roads, buses, rail, ferries ...
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 ...
Midnight deadline nears for voter registration
California Secretary of State Alex Padilla reminded voters Tuesday that they have until the end of the ...
Danville offers secure ballot drop-off box for commuter ease
A new drop-off ballot box installed at the Sycamore Park & Ride lot will make voting in the March 3 election simpler for ...
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 ...
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 ...
Passion, realism dominate Bay Area rallies on brink of impeachment
It can never be claimed that President Donald J. Trump does not inspire civic engagement.
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 ...
Supes propose tax on commercial landlords with vacant properties
San Francisco voters on March 3 will decide whether to tax landlords who keep commercial properties vacant as a way to deal with ...
