Feds To Monitor Alameda County Elections For Discrimination
The Justice Department is sending monitors to three California counties to watch for possible voter discrimination during the primary election.
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The Justice Department is sending monitors to three California counties to watch for possible voter discrimination during the primary election.
Election Day is Tuesday. But, there likely won't be too many people turning out to cast votes at the polls in Contra Costa County. That's according to its Registrar of Voters.
The state Senate has approved restrictions on governments' use of traffic cameras to catch drivers who run red lights.
Two weeks after his most recent fundraising visit to the Bay Area, President Obama will return Wednesday to campaign in San Francisco.
Mitt Romney has revived charges about the failed solar company Solyndra as he assails President Barack Obama's green energy policy. But he didn't get the story completely straight when he accused the administration of favoring "cronies."
The California Energy Commission said the rules it approved unanimously Thursday will raise the average cost of a new home by nearly $2,300.
A years-long showdown over the right to bear arms in California's Alameda County appears to be over now that the county has agreed to allow tightly restricted gun shows on government property.
A number of new city facilities in San Jose have been shuttered, in some cases for years because of a lack of funds. But, it appears that list is about to get a little shorter.
With five days remaining until the deadline for voting, Proposition 29 may pass narrowly or may not pass, according to a new KPIX-TV CBS 5 poll released Thursday.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera's office has released an emotional video showing the wife of embattled San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi discussing a confrontation between the couple on New Year's Eve.
A state panel on Thursday sent a message about the severity of California's $15.7 billion budget deficit by approving a 5 percent pay cut for Gov. Jerry Brown, lawmakers and other statewide elected officials.
U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) applauded a federal appeals court ruling Thursday declaring that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.
an Francisco Mayor Ed Lee unveiled his new budget Thursday, claiming the city's economy is recovering and that it's experiencing better tax revenues than expected.
A federal jury in North Carolina on Thursday found former Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards not guilty on one of six charges of campaign finance corruption.
Mitt Romney was holding a news conference outside the shuttered offices of Solyndra, the green energy company that went bankrupt after receiving government loans.
