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The Mercury News - Politics

Latest line: A good week for Evan Low, a bad week for Roger Benitez

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They said it: Keeping protest peaceful

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Pro-Palestinian protesters at USC comply with school order to leave their encampment

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After last year's deadly shootings, Half Moon Bay said it would build more farmworker housing. NIMBYs are blocking it

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Walters: Lagging revenue continues to drive California budget deficit

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Abcarian: GOP women compete to see who's the most macho

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'Do not engage': As violence erupts elsewhere, Bay Area campuses keep a fragile peace

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Borenstein: Evan Low just won the congressional recount he tried to stop

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Elias: California's housing problems not fixed by allowing more density

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UCLA hoped to avoid police crackdown on protesters. What went wrong?

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UCLA pro-Palestinian encampment left in a rubble as students vow campus protests 'are not over'

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More questions arise about South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's upcoming book

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An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war

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Students form Palestine solidarity camp at UC Santa Cruz

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Striking deals to end campus protests, some colleges invite discussion of their investments

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Hope Hicks, ex-Trump adviser, recounts fear in 2016 campaign over impact of 'Access Hollywood' tape

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Waymo to begin testing driverless cars in Peninsula in coming weeks

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Antioch school board president calls for superintendent's resignation; supervisor accused of bullying placed on leave

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Is this refinery-turned-housing-development a model for reclaiming contaminated sites?

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Photos: May Day Gaza protests in Oakland

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Oakland city auditor: 'Disjointed' work led to blown deadline, loss of potential $15.6 million grant to combat organized retail theft

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California Forever: Vacaville vice-mayor seeks to bankroll Solano County 'utopia'

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Oakland Ballers cleared to play at Raimondi Park, make $1.6 million upgrades to facility

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California passed a law to stop 'pay to play' in local politics. After two years, legislators want to gut it

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May Day and Gaza protests sweeping the Bay Area Wednesday

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Recall election targeting Alameda County DA Pamela Price could fall to November ballot

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Letters: Cal tradition | Overturn law | Critical support | Disgraceful response

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Walters: California once led in government transparency. It descended into secrecy and opacity

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An obscure California law may prevent action on protesters' calls for divestment from Israel

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Walters: California charter school battles intensify as education finances get squeezed

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Opinion: U.S. Supreme Court handed California a chance to lower housing costs

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Editorial: Bay Area school officials' shameful tax-election manipulations

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Opinion: Electric vehicles are just getting started

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Letters: November vote | Clinton let off | Not pro-Palestine | Align with peace | Breeding enemies

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Letters: Wildfire safety | Affordable housing | Measure A | Senior rates | Trump scam | Embracing radicalism

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Why SFO should drop San Francisco from its name

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Conservative party suffers historic losses in UK local elections

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Misinformation rampant on social media as India goes to the polls

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Arizona governor signs bill repealing Civil War-era abortion ban

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Analysis: Be ready for Trump to not accept 2024 election results

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Drew Barrymore urged VP Kamala Harris to be 'Mamala of the country.' The internet recoiled

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