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President Barack Obama left San Francisco Wednesday afternoon after a brief visit for two fundraising events in the city's Financial District.
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President Barack Obama left San Francisco Wednesday afternoon after a brief visit for two fundraising events in the city's Financial District.
The votes are all in for the California primary but many remained uncounted Wednesday, leaving some races still up in the air, notably the statewide question on whether to increase the tax on tobacco to fund cancer research.
Less than 24 hours after San Jose voters approved an overhaul of city employee pensions, unions representing police officers and firefighters filed suit.
A new report criticizes how campus police responded to Occupy Wall Street protests at the University of California, Berkeley last fall.
Though there wasn't any confusion amongst voters, officials said that might not be the case come November.
Four bond measures in Santa Clara County all passed on election night Tuesday.
A San Francisco resident has written an open letter to Mayor Ed Lee and said he would rather turn Piers 30 and 32 into open space.
The purpose of the law is to prevent the possible transfer of serious diseases.
As of Wednesday morning, Proposition 29 was apparently headed to defeat by just over 1 percent, or about 64,000 votes, out of more than 3.8 million votes counted. But there's an unknown number of ballots left to be tallied.
San Jose's much-debated pension reform Measure B passed with 70 percent approval on Tuesday, marking a major victory for Mayor Chuck Reed, who has been watched nationally for his attempts to rein in retirement costs.
Early election returns show Californians divided on whether to slap an additional $1-per-pack tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products to fund cancer research.
Early returns showed Democratic Assemblyman Jared Huffman leading the field of 12 candidates competing for a U.S. congressional seat encompassing much of the Northern California coast.
The measure would reduce the total number of years lawmakers can serve in the Legislature, but it would allow them to serve all 12 years in one house.
California's statewide primary election was marked Tuesday by light turnout at polling sites and few problems for voters even as the state tested out some sweeping political reforms.
There were more than just poll workers and voters at Alameda County polls during Tuesday's primary election. Department of Justice monitors are in the county to watch for possible voter discrimination.
