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The Mercury News - Politics

Controversial battery storage project in San Jose's Coyote Valley is withdrawn

3 days ago

Measure D proposal could shift some control of Livermore's protected hills from voters to supervisors

3 days ago

Sen. Adam Schiff proposes bill to help communities rebuild faster after wildfires and other disasters

12 hours ago

Plaintiff Trump gets reprieve from an order to disclose his finances in BBC case — but only for now

14 hours ago

Trump administration moves ahead with efforts to fire Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook

14 hours ago

Trump called him WHAT? Ex-White House correspondent from Oakland on covering 3 presidents

16 hours ago

California announces new $3,500 rebates for electric vehicles. Here's how to get one.

14 hours ago

Murkowski will oppose Blanche's attorney general nomination, narrowing confirmation path

20 hours ago

Local leaders push Bay Area wide policies to stop detention centers

2 days ago

California ballot campaigns have spent $213 million. The biggest fight is over billionaires

2 days ago

OpenAI, Anthropic model tests reveal more hacking, deception

2 days ago

McConnell says he's leaving rehabilitation center to continue recovery at home

1 day ago

Senate committee votes to hold Fauci in contempt for refusing to answer COVID questions

1 day ago

Senate confirms Dr. Erica Schwartz as CDC director, bringing new leadership to troubled agency

2 days ago

China announces countermeasures against Washington, including controls on drone exports to the US

2 days ago

As San Jose weighs rate increases, city confirms parking meters mistakenly displayed double rates

2 days ago

Billionaire offers $150 million for ideas to bolster San Francisco

2 days ago

Ex-Antioch mayor says federal prosecutors plan to indict him on criminal charges

2 days ago

Vallejo police share details of latest fatal officer-involved shooting

2 days ago

Alameda County supervisors delay $30 minimum wage measure beyond November

2 days ago

California Forever warns: No jobs without streamlined housing

2 days ago

Here are some immigration-related bills up for a California Assembly hearing this week

3 days ago

Letters: Rapper Mistah F.A.B. should find safer ways to entertain kids

7 days ago

Oakland school closure raises statewide questions over charter renewals

19 days ago

California rental ads would have to disclose if pictures used AI, under new bill

22 days ago

Letters: Don't be fooled into underfunding; vote no on Prop. 43

10 hours ago

Letters: Penalizing nonvoters would amount to a tax on the poor

10 hours ago

Opinion: Establishment partisans keep smearing ranked choice voting because they fear the majority

22 hours ago

Mukunda: What Elon Musk doesn't understand about abundance

22 hours ago

Special election runoff for Swalwell's seat pits Wahab against Hernandez

4 days ago

California could require voter ID. Both sides say voters are being misled

4 days ago

Why Oakland's voter-approved $100 campaign vouchers will miss another election

8 days ago

California lawmakers want to require social influencers to disclose if they're paid to post campaign content

9 days ago