UC Seeks $2.8B From State To Stave Off Tuition Increases
The University of California plans to ask for a big increase in funding from a state that is struggling to pay its bills.
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The University of California plans to ask for a big increase in funding from a state that is struggling to pay its bills.
Many Bay Area voters were headed to the polls Tuesday, but that wasn't technically the case in Santa Clara County, home to one of the highest local percentages of absentee voting.
Federal elections monitors will observe voting practices at Alameda County polling places Tuesday to ensure minority voters have equal access to information at the polls, the U.S. Justice Department announced Monday.
The California Secretary of State is sending election observers to San Francisco on Tuesday to oversee poll workers and voters as they cast their ballots.
Medical marijuana providers and patients are suing the federal government to keep it from shutting down pot clubs in California.
The campaign headquarters for San Francisco mayoral candidate and Board of Supervisors President David Chiu was burglarized and vandalized on Sunday night, campaign officials said Monday.
Candidates for San Francisco mayor, district attorney and sheriff were making a last-minute push ahead of Tuesday's election.
Protesters converged on banks across the Bay Area on the Saturday dubbed 'Bank Transfer Day.'
Oakland Mayor Jean Quan is warning Occupy Oakland protesters at the city hall encampment to find a way to keep the peace and follow the rules, or else the camp will need to be dismantled again.
Representatives of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Oakland say they regret that their daylong downtown demonstration was marred by an "autonomous" group.
A Republican-led House panel on Thursday agreed to subpoena the White House for documents related to Solyndra Inc., the failed California solar company that received a half-billion-dollar federal loan.
Days before Fremont solar panel maker Solyndra collapsed, the Obama administration considered a bailout that would have provided an infusion of cash and a new board of directors, including two directors appointed by the Energy Department.
Groups of Occupy Oakland protesters broke off from a main rally near the city hall plaza to picket at nearby banks during a day where activists called for a general strike.
Government lawyers on Wednesday agreed to resume their court battle with inmate lawyers no earlier than September, which will push back any scheduled executions into 2013.
City Attorney Dennis Herrera and other mayoral candidates are calling on the district attorney to investigate new money laundering allegations against supporters of Mayor Ed Lee's mayoral campaign.
