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The Mercury News - Politics

Emotional testimony in former Bay Area mayor's sexual assault civil trial brings courtroom to tears

22 hours ago

Farmer tax credit extension good news for Contra Costa, Solano Food Bank

22 hours ago

Stars and Stripes editor says he has been fired for insubordination after doing interview

11 hours ago

White House aide Natalie Harp gushes to 'guardian and protector' Trump in new letters

17 hours ago

Supreme Court chief justice allows work on Trump's $400 million White House ballroom to continue for now

17 hours ago

Trump announces plan to lower beef prices, but ranchers and some Republicans are already balking

14 hours ago

Foreign students applying to US colleges fell 10% this year

18 hours ago

Trump's environmental rollbacks are being struck down by courts

18 hours ago

Republican Steve Hilton to California voters: It's OK to vote for me even if you don't like President Trump

21 hours ago

Oakley gives initial OK to short-term rentals plan in effort to boost downtown economy

1 day ago

Anti-transgender protest before Valkyries' game draws sparse crowd

1 day ago

Los Gatos begins search for new town attorney

1 day ago

Bill to stop nondisclosure agreements moves to Gov. Newsom's desk

22 hours ago

His rent is $0. A Bay Area affordable housing surge made it possible

1 day ago

Oakland drivers are slowing down near speed cameras. Could red-light cameras be next?

1 day ago

California lawmakers consider meaningful alternatives to online-centric childhoods

2 days ago

Senate bill, other measures look to solve problematic Bay Area e-bike use

5 days ago

Opinion: California must protect West Oakland from Trump's toxic coal terminal

7 days ago

Is lettuce safe? Probably. Will cyclospora spur change? Hopefully.

39 minutes ago

Opinion: Violence by extremist Israeli settlers against Palestinian civilians on the West Bank threatens new Mideast flash point

1 hour ago

Gongloff: Trump is aiding a golden age for renewable energy

2 hours ago

No more 'hypothetical situations': States move to fortify elections against Trump

16 hours ago

Aisha Wahab wins Swalwell's seat, becomes first Afghan American elected to Congress

1 day ago

New legislation seeks to protect communities from political gerrymandering in California

22 hours ago