California Approves Prop 50 Giving State Lawmakers More Say Over Peer Privileges
Proposition 50 will allow legislators to suspend their colleagues' privileges in the state Senate or Assembly.
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Proposition 50 will allow legislators to suspend their colleagues' privileges in the state Senate or Assembly.
A coding problem affected about 140 electronic voting machines in San Mateo County, but the issue was fixed in about 90 minutes.
California U.S. Senate candidate Kamala Harris has claimed one of two spots in the November runoff, moving the state attorney general into a potentially historic election.
The Bay Area's freeways are bursting with cars, and transportation planners are coming up with new ideas to ease the problem.
Claiming her place in history, Hillary Clinton declared victory Tuesday night in her bruising battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, becoming the first woman to lead a major American political party and then immediately taking aim at Republican Donald Trump.
A transgender man trying to attain sex reassignment surgery filed a civil rights complaint Monday against his employer, Dignity Health, for allegedly depriving him of medical care for gender dysphoria.
A bill that Congress sent President Obama would set new safety standards for asbestos and other dangerous chemicals, including formaldehyde, styrene and BPA.
San Jose police arrested four suspects in connection with violence at a Donald Trump rally in San Jose last week.
There are supposed to be signs at the county's 804 polling places telling no party preference voters they could switch to Democratic, American Independent or Libertarian. One did not.
The San Jose police are continuing their investigations after the violence that erupted Thursday at the Trump rally in downtown San Jose.
House minority leader Nancy Pelosi endorsed Hillary Clinton for president on Tuesday as her home state of California began presidential primary voting, ending months of artful fence-sitting during which Pelosi praised both Clinton and rival Bernie Sanders.
Bernie Sanders assured his outraged supporters that he intends to win Tuesday's primary in California and beyond as Hillary Clinton secured the commitments of enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.
Former president Bill Clinton spoke from the back of a pickup truck in downtown Oakland Monday as part of a Bay Area barnstorm to pull a win out for Hillary Clinton come Tuesday.
California's Death with Dignity law takes effect later this week, and a physician in Berkeley has opened up a clinic to help people end their lives.
Bernie Sanders' musical line-up includes Dave Matthews, Fishbone and the Bay Area musician known as Fantastic Negrito.
