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The Mercury News - Politics

Federal government pauses construction on ICE detention facility near Gilroy

17 days ago

California, Santa Clara County sue to block ICE detention facility near Gilroy

1 minute ago

South Bay community expresses fear, resilience in face of planned ICE facility

1 minute ago

West Contra Costa USD officials implore public to renew parcel tax in November

7 days ago

Endorsed by Trump, Steve Hilton asks president's critics to vote for him

8 days ago

How one of the Bay Area's most heavily Latino cities is fighting an ICE facility

4 hours ago

Appeals court rejects the Trump administration's expansion of mandatory detention for immigrants

22 hours ago

Which tech titans are driving a surge in political donations - and for what causes

4 hours ago

Senate committee advances nomination of Dr. Erica Schwartz to be Trump's CDC director

22 hours ago

US and Iran trade missile barrages as hopes dim for a quick resolution to the five-month conflict

22 hours ago

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

1 day ago

Is California's data center hysteria more hype than facts?

1 day ago

Ex-Newsom aide says his memoir minimizes their monthslong affair

1 day ago

Trump says he may pull Blanche nomination until dissenting senators leave office

23 hours ago

A new media ecosystem is taking root on the left, reshaping Democratic politics

1 day ago

Trump's attacks on mail balloting and concerns over delays turn midterms spotlight on Postal Service

22 hours ago

Deadline passes for Trump to ask Supreme Court to reconsider birthright citizenship ruling

22 hours ago

Anderson Dam: $3.2 billion contract awarded to rebuild largest dam in Santa Clara County

2 days ago

Nonprofit mounts successful campaign to operate Los Gatos stables

3 days ago

Bhasin: Gulag in Gilroy: Finally, some NIMBYism I can get behind

3 days ago

New filings in Sheng Thao corruption case allege bribe to bury story, secret recordings of politicians

3 days ago

Prop. 43 would make some local taxes harder to pass. What's at stake in the Bay Area?

4 days ago

Four seats on Midpen open space district board up for election in November

5 days ago

They lobbied San Jose leaders repeatedly. Then came favorable votes

5 days ago

Vigil held for those killed by ICE agents in East Bay

5 days ago

Oakland school closure raises statewide questions over charter renewals

12 days ago

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

15 days ago

Who are Democrats Kim and Allen, California's insurance commissioner candidates?

16 days ago

California earmarks $40M to speed up vote counting — but elections officials want to temper expectations

18 days ago

Opinion: Big-money Bay Area interests try to shift tax burden onto the poor

8 days ago

Stone: San Jose's downtown economy requires full-time workers far more than visiting soccer fans

15 days ago

Chabria: This California Republican has a plan for controlling AI. Can he make it happen?

6 hours ago

Opinion: When life gets hard, animals still depend on us

6 hours ago

US appeals court upholds injunction that blocks Trump's order to create a federal voter list

4 days ago

Fremont council rejects possible half-cent tax ballot measure

7 days ago