Two mayors, San Francisco’s Daniel Lurie and San Jose’s Matt Mahan, personify the rising influence of centrists among Bay Area Democratic leaders.

The cost of putting California’s partisan redistricting ballot measure before voters this fall is expected to run the state ...

Another big wildfire is burning at the opposite edge of Fresno County. Salt 14-2 started on Sept. 2 south of Coalinga and has ...

A month after losing service from one airline, Sonoma County's regional airport excitedly announced this week that Southwest ...

One of the nation’s largest airlines will soon be providing service at a small North Bay airport. Southwest Airlines will begin service next year at Sonoma County Airport in ...

San Mateo County supervisors plan to support Prop 50, aiming to counter Texas redistricting and restore California's independent district map drawing.

San Mateo County supervisors on Tuesday are expected to approve a resolution to support California’s Proposition 50, which would redraw the state’s congressional district maps through 2030. The vote ...

A ‘LIBERAL LION’ — John Burton, a towering figure in California Democratic politics for over 60 years, died Sunday. He was ...

Schulz Sonoma County Airport in Santa Rosa, ending service to several cities. But now a new carrier is coming to Santa Rosa: Southwest Airlines. The carrier said this week it will begin flying out of ...

The No side accepts that an electorate hardened on partisan lines is likely to pass Prop 50 in November. “If this is a straight Republican vs. Democrat election, we lose,” Orange County Republican ...