One NorCal animal rights law organization called foie gras “a product of extreme animal cruelty.”
Gov. Jerry Brown and U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julian Castro announced the project from the roof of Marlton Manor.
“Poverty in the U.S. is the highest that it’s been since 1965, and California has the highest poverty rate in the nation,” Wilma Chan said.
Social workers want cuts made during the 2008 recession be restored in Gov. Brown's budget.
The former Alameda County prosecutor says she'll be making a run for the U.S. Senate.
Same constituent services for residents of Fremont, Newark and Milpitas will be provided from new location.
Just a few years after residents raised money to prevent the closure of their favorite state parks, the new budget offers a hike.
Haggerty will be the president of the Alameda County Board of Supervisors for the next two years.
Boxer, who has a home in SoCal, will not seek reelection. Congressman Eric Swalwell says Boxer's "legacy will burn on for generations."
Our state loves "measures," having voted on 360 since 1912. This update makes process more "voter friendly."
Rep. Mike Honda says, "We need a screening policy that focuses on behavior, not orientation."
She will be the youngest and only African-American on the bench, and labeled “exceptionally well qualified.”
SB 47 Would Use Money From The CA Tire Recycling Management Fund To Pay For The comprehensive study
Rep. Mike Honda says the report "gives us the clearest picture yet of just how barbaric and ineffective the CIA interrogations were."
The legislation will ensure the full resources of Department of Energy labs, like Lawrence Livermore and Sandia.
Juliann Sum, 58, was named to head the agency, which is known as Cal/OSHA.
Mark Leno hopes to bring the state minimum wage to $11 an hour in 2016 and to $13 in 2017.
The townhall call will be on Dec. 1 at 10 a.m.
$1 million primary commercial insurance now required.
Absentee ballots are still being counted in Alameda and Santa Clara counties.
In Alameda County, the Registrar of Voters office is still tallying about 74,000 vote-by-mail ballots.
Alameda County has until Dec. 2 to certify its election results.
Measure BB got nearly 70 percent of the vote.
Rep. Mike Honda, D-San Jose, was ahead 53% to 47% over lawyer Ro Khanna for 17th District.
A few newcomers and some races are still too close to call.
Voters in Dublin and Union City said no to the development measures.
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The Department of Justice's civil rights division will conduct in-person monitoring of polling places in 28 jurisdictions in 18 states today
When you vote on Tuesday, show off your "I Voted" sticker with a selfie. Tag pics with #NewarkPatch on Instagram!
Don't take a chance on mailing the ballot--it has to be in the hands of election officials on election day. The postmark does not count.
Signature gathering has begun.
The office is scheduled to be open on Saturday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. for early voters, election officials said.
If you're planning on voting by mail for the Nov. 4 election, you better get on it!
Gov. Brown rallies Bay Area activists working to 'Get Out the Vote'
The election is Nov. 4.
The Measures focus on Doolan Canyon in Dublin and land northeast of Mission Boulevard owned by the Masons of California in Union City.
The nonprofit, nonpartisan "California Choices" is useful tool for weighing state measures and candidates for Nov. 4 election
The deadline to register online to vote in either Alameda or Contra Costa County is Oct. 20. The election is November 4.
Congressman Eric Swalwell participates in House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Dallas