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Raj Salwan, who has served on the Fremont City Council for a decade, is currently holding a strong lead in the four-person race to become the East Bay city's next mayor.

Taking the stand for the third time, the former chief lobbyist of the 49ers on Tuesday attempted to justify why he initially lied to reporters and

In early November, former San José city councilmember Omar Torres resigned amid multiple police investigations, including three charges of child molestation.

The San José City Council unanimously approved plans for new medical and office buildings at Good Samaritan Hospital, even though some residents and council members are concerned about previous service cuts the hospital’s owner has made.

San Mateo County supervisors are renewing their calls for embattled Sheriff Christina Corpus to resign in the wake of an investigation that found

Santa Clara officials recently approved a major project with up to 2,600 apartments and millions of square feet of office space, but the city is giving the developer as much as 25 years to finish it.

The two-week trial centered on whether Becker leaked a confidential civil grand jury report that criticized him and other council members for maintaining unethically close relationships with top officials from the San Francisco 49ers football team.

A jury on Thursday found Becker guilty of unlawfully leaking a civil grand jury report accusing him and several other council members of having an inappropriately close relationship with the 49ers, and then lying about the leak under oath.

At this point in the season, James Tsukuda begins his days in the persimmon grove, harvesting the bounty of bright orange-red fruits, dangling like ornaments from dozens of trees that have already shed their leaves.

Rickey Henderson, an Oakland legend, World Series champion, and one of baseball's biggest icons, who holds the all-time record for most stolen bases in Major League Baseball history, has died at age 65.