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The Mercury News - Politics

What is nepotism? California policy updated after manager fired for helping friend get job

29 days ago

Contra Costa residents urge supervisors to limit cooperation with ICE

1 hour ago

Navy has quietly fired some commanders and other officials, drawing congressional pushback

14 hours ago

Newark councilmember feels 'betrayed' after recent assault in park

1 hour ago

Young, diverse voters showed up for midterms as older, Trump voters stayed home

15 hours ago

Oakley moves to ban all data centers, even tiny ones in homes

14 hours ago

Republicans score rare blue-to-red flip in Maine during midterm landslide

17 hours ago

Rep. Doris Matsui Facebook page liked comment calling for Mai Vang's deportation

18 hours ago

A Northern California man is on the cusp of election victory. He died months ago.

21 hours ago

Map: How blue is California's new House delegation, with 2 seats still undecided

21 hours ago

California lacks critical data on water supplies. Here's why it must modernize its systems.

1 day ago

Richard Posner, eminent federal appellate judge and pioneering scholar, dies at 87: 'He was a giant'

1 hour ago

Trump administration will fund new research on controversial psychedelic drug ibogaine

19 hours ago

Black voters view Scott Colom's historic US Senate win through lens of Mississippi's racial legacy

19 hours ago

Hegseth awards soldier who scolded him and his aides at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

19 hours ago

San Jose leaders want to pause data center approvals until new rules are in place

15 hours ago

'Most of that money I kept for myself': Star government witness in federal Sheng Thao trial admits writing bad checks in separate case

1 day ago

San Jose declares local emergency amid El Niño flood risk

1 day ago

Oakland students demand district return $3.5 million in school tax funds

1 day ago

Sheng Thao trial: Judge admonishes government's star witness amid heated cross-examination

2 days ago

Alameda County tells ICE to stop using its property for arrests

2 days ago

'Vengeful' testimony? Motivations of government's star witness under scrutiny in Sheng Thao trial

3 days ago

Sheng Thao trial: Prosecution's star witness endures withering cross-examination

6 days ago

Shuttered East Bay charter school sues Oakland Unified

6 days ago

Bill inspired by possible release of California high school mass shooter signed into law

23 days ago

California test scores reveal modest growth; education experts say it's not enough

28 days ago

Opinion: I was San Quentin's warden. Overseeing executions turned me against the death penalty.

19 hours ago

Bhasin: Elon Musk is finally killing his ugliest creation

1 day ago

Taves: JD, it's time to change your name again

6 days ago

My daughter's murderer doesn't deserve Gov. Newsom's mercy

1 hour ago

Claudia Jimenez declares she's Richmond's next mayor-elect

1 day ago

California propositions: Which passed, which failed, which are up in the air

1 day ago

They said it: Voters turn on GOP

5 days ago

Proposition 45 defeated, would have streamlined landmark environmental law to speed housing, other development

5 days ago