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The Mercury News - Politics

As wildfires worsen, Trump administration revives discredited policy to stomp out all fires quickly

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Supreme Court upholds state laws banning transgender girls and women from school athletic teams

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California revives $900 million homelessness program after Newsom reverses course

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Four days to make victims fall in love: How global scammers use US tech to fleece people

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Sergey Brin's steep loss highlights New York landlords' pain

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Donald Trump convert Marc Andreessen gets spot on Pentagon policy board

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House passes online safety bill as Senate eyes stricter push

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Top two candidates set for three San Jose council runoffs in November

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Academic turf war between California colleges underscores need for new higher education plan

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Wartime Price Gouging Act would give California attorney general new powers

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Officials want to explore an ordinance to ban data centers in East Bay city

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'AI will kill us all': Residents slam data center proposal for Calistoga Fairgrounds

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They said it: Ranked-choice voting to lower election costs?

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Antioch to decide on Homekey grant in July in effort to help city's homeless

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An environmentally friendly cemetery is being proposed in Napa Valley. Not everyone is happy

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Five things to know about Alameda County's $6.7 billion budget

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Livermore woman says Alameda County aide offered public funds to quiet complaint

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A California bill sought to make sweeping changes to how can request public records — and how much it'd cost them

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Opinion: California must keep landlords from price-fixing and expedite permitting

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Borenstein: Your government wants power to sue you for seeking public records

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Lee: I represent Silicon Valley. Here's why I support taxing its billionaires.

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Kara Swisher took Silicon Valley by force. Now she's eyeing influence in the 2028 campaign

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Supreme Court rules states can count late-arriving mailed ballots, rejecting Trump-led challenge

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Supreme Court will weigh Trump-backed Republican appeal to enforce Arizona voting laws

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What's next for Katie Porter after California governor loss?

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