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The Mercury News - Politics

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Berkeley goes all-in on bikes with removal of a significant number of parking spaces on Hopkins Street

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What I learned from interviewing 49 candidates on Bay Area ballots

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Growing threat to free speech: Bogus copyright claims making political stories disappear

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