Voters Coming Up Short on Ballot Box Promises
Just days ahead of the Nov. 2 election, Bay Area residents vowed to vote. But if they were like most Californians, they likely wouldn't show up at their local polling place.
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Just days ahead of the Nov. 2 election, Bay Area residents vowed to vote. But if they were like most Californians, they likely wouldn't show up at their local polling place.
San Jose firefighters are going on the offensive against a city councilman who they accuse of illegally taking a campaign sign from private property.
Californians will choose a new state Superintendent of Public Instruction at the ballot box in November.
A new poll shows Democrat Jerry Brown with a growing lead over his Republican challenger, Meg Whitman, as a gubernatorial campaign that has focused on personal attacks in recent weeks winds to an end.
Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer on Saturday stepped up the rhetoric against her Republican rival for U.S. Senate, Carly Fiorina.
First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to visit the Bay Area on Monday to raise money for local Democratic candidates, just a few days after her husband's brief trip to the region for the same purpose.
California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman took her campaign to Asian American voters statewide Saturday as polls showed the former eBay chief executive slipping behind her Democratic opponent with just more than a week left in the race.
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and District Attorney Kamala Harris both have plenty of work to do if they hope to be elected to statewide office.
Republican challenger Carly Fiorina added $1 million from her personal fortune to her campaign to unseat Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer.
According to the report, nearly 130 police department vehicles were routinely being used by officers to commute to and from work. If parked in city garages instead, San Jose stood to save hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
The high-stakes campaign to overhaul the city's pension and benefit program has garnered two high-profile endorsements and much opposition.
The billionaire leader of the country's most populous city is coming out in support of the billionaire hoping to lead its most populous state.
YouTube appeared to be the go-to place for Democratic San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his Republican rival, Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado. Both campaigns posted videos online this week. Neither video minced words.
Democrat Jerry Brown spent more money during the first two weeks of October than he has in his entire campaign for governor, but his billionaire rival still outspent him, according to campaign reports filed Thursday.
The president is in California as part of a two-day swing to raise money for the Democratic party and campaign for Sen. Barbara Boxer, who is in a tight race with Republican Carly Fiorina.
