Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada will have to limit his participation in major decisions that involve Stanford University ...

In summary The president-elect’s border policies could hit trade, privacy, and immigrant families living in California. California immigrant advocates and state officials are bracing for what they ...

Guest Commentary written by Dean Florez Dean Florez is a member of the California Air Resources Board and a former state senator. As California aggressively pursues its decarbonization goals, the Low ...

In the parlance of politics, “ticket-splitting” refers to someone who votes for candidates of both major parties. It bedevils political devotees as they turn out partisan voters. In some states it has ...

Terry Godfrey and Peter Landsberger took the lead in the race to represent Trustee Area 5 – which includes Palo Alto and ...

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Elections have consequences, as California is likely to learn when Donald Trump once again moves into the White House. The state has been a bastion of anti-Trump sentiment ever since the bombastic ...

In summary California’s governor faces a lot of obstacles to a plausible run for president in 2028, even if he does help lead the resistance to Donald Trump. As debate raged this summer over whether ...

In summary Californians overwhelmingly backed Prop. 36 to lengthen criminal sentences for certain theft and drug offenses, and to direct more people to drug treatment after convictions. Voters’ views ...

In summary Against a national red wave, Californians sent a top Trump nemesis to the US Senate, and favored Democrats in House and state races. But they also toughened criminal sentences and rejected ...

Former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo has won the heated Congressional race to succeed U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, beating Assembly member Evan Low by nearly 20 percentage points as the Associated Press called ...