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2020 March Primary Preview: 29th State Assembly District

February 11, 2020 6:57 am

The 29th State Assembly District: Encompassing the Monterey Bay and snaking the shore along with the Pacific Coast Highway, the 29th State Assembly District starts at the end of the Bay Area and tapers off at the coastal boonies south...

2020 March Primary Preview: 13th State Senate District

February 5, 2020 6:14 am

The 13th State Senate District: The richest Senate district, the 13th stretches from the suburbs of San Francisco to the suburbs of San Jose, engulfing a fair chunk of Silicon Valley and the tech giants inside of it. Mountain View...

Mayor Liccardo Gains Support Over Plan to Make PG&E a Customer Owned Utility in San Jose

December 6, 2019 2:43 amDecember 7, 2019 9:13 am

Less than two months after San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo first announced plans to make PG&E into a customer owned utility in San Jose, it was announced that 114 elected officials in and around San Jose gave support to their...

San Jose Proposes Leaving PG&E And Creating Its Own Public Utility

October 25, 2019 3:33 pmOctober 28, 2019 8:52 am

The City of San Jose, Pacific Gas and Electric’s largest covered city, may soon have its own electrical system, due to frustration over numerous planned blackouts during the last several months. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo presented the plan to...

Facebook Pledges $1 Billion In Affordable Housing Funds In California

October 25, 2019 8:32 am

Social media company Facebook pledged to put $1 billion into affordable housing Tuesday in an attempt to alleviate the California housing crisis, particularly in Northern California. The announcement came four months after Google outlined a similar program also amounting to...

California City Imposing Curfew During Power Outages To Prevent Crime

October 10, 2019 12:05 pmOctober 11, 2019 9:03 am

The City of Morgan Hill imposed a curfew on its residents lasting from 8 p.m. through 6:30 a.m. Wednesday evening, due to the PG&E power shut offs, KRON4 reported. City officials on Facebook said the curfew was intended to crack...