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Early voting numbers low in Bay Area despite issues at stake
In just a few hours before polls open in the Bay Area. Sara Donchey says election officials hope for a big turnout but, so far, the numbers don't look good.
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In just a few hours before polls open in the Bay Area. Sara Donchey says election officials hope for a big turnout but, so far, the numbers don't look good.
With one day left before the June 7th primary, the race for the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office is heating up.
On Tuesday, the Walnut Creek City Council will tackle a plan to build 254 units of senior housing and a 136-bed residential care facility on 9.49 acres in Shadelands business park.
Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and his codefendants are the second group indicted on the most serious charge brought in the sprawling investigation of the Jan. 6 riots.
In less than 48 hours, San Francisco voters will decide on possibly ousting the city's District Attorney, Chesa Boudin.
Some California lawmakers want to use taxpayer money to purchase water rights from farmers to keep more water in rivers and streams to benefit endangered species of fish.
Contra Costa voters will have until Tuesday to decide between two candidates vying to be the county's next top prosecutor.
Contra Costa voters will have until Tuesday to decide between two candidates vying to be the county's next top prosecutor. Da Lin reports. (6-5-22)
KPIX 5's Kiet Do talks to the leading candidates for U.S. Senate from the Golden State. (6-3-22)
The U.S. Senate race that's part of the California primary election next week features appointed incumbent Alex Padilla facing off with a Trump supporter and a billionaire.
California is spending $11 million on education programs promoting wider use of "red flag" laws that are designed to temporarily take guns away from people who are deemed at risk of harming themselves or others, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday.
Bars in San Francisco, Oakland and several other cities in California could be allowed to stay open until 4 a.m. under a new proposal brought on by two Bay Area lawmakers.
In honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, held a virtual town hall Friday joined by Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena, to address constituent frustrations about gun violence prevention. Eshoo and Thompson both expressed dissatisfaction with the state of gun laws on the heels of the recent tragedies in Uvalde, Texas; Buffalo, New York; and Tulsa, Oklahoma.
District Attorney Chesa Boudin faces a June recall election driven by a pandemic in which brutal attacks against Asian seniors and viral footage of smash-and-grab robberies.
The president called for banning assault weapons, national red flag laws, expanded background checks and raising the age to buy a semi-automatic weapon.
