Millbrae apparently has to learn the hard way that its new city manager has a penchant for berating people and bending the rules.

The inaugural Salary Setting Commission recommended upping yearly mayoral pay by $58,000 and that of each councilor by $27,500.

“It weirded them out,” a source familiar with the incident says. “And I can see why: The man did not look well.”

David Cohen, a 20-year North San Jose resident, has officially jumped into the 2020 D4 race against Councilman Lan Diep.

The first-term councilwoman, who represents the city’s affluent and politically active Willow Glen district, says she welcomes the challenge.

All we can infer is that former Santa Clara Councilman Dominic Caserta answered a bunch of questions while maintaining a steady pulse.

Jennifer Higgins Bradanini plans to run against Brigade Media founder Matt Mahan in next year’s Almaden Valley City Council race.

Peter Adderton, the outspoken founder of Boost Mobile, asked Rep. Anna Eshoo to a Facebook Live discussion about merits of the deal.

A new law granting public access to police misconduct records is already changing lives, despite attempts to stifle disclosure.

Dana Loesch, the NRA’s melodramatic propagandist, is sounding the alarm on Sam Liccardo’s push for stricter local gun laws.

While Congress has no power to rule on the merger, but it can raise concerns to regulators who review it. Eshoo simply chose not to.

As ads play a diminishing role in the media biz, news outlets are increasingly trying to get by on some blend of paywalls and auxiliary revenue.

The disgraced Santa Clara councilman launched a low-key comeback tour. His first stop, for some reason, was an online rag in the Czech Republic.

The county’s top cop demands notes, recordings and other source material auditors may have used to compile the already overdue draft.

A series of obscure elections recently took place with potentially profound implications for the fate of the California Democratic Party.

The Santa Clara barrister is no longer trusted as Rotary president, and a jilted client claims his misconduct was worse than previously reported.