Op-Ed: We must respect whatever findings that elections officials reach in the recount of ballots in the 16th Congressional District.

With the March 5 primary just three months away and a campaign period interrupted by the holidays, the candidates – a total of five Democrats and two Republicans so far – have a big fundraising challenge ahead of them.

Mayor Sam Liccardo announced Saturday that San Jose will receive $2.5 million for the SureStay Hotel in San José to provide transitional housing for individuals experiencing homelessness and another $750,000 for Marbury Bridge Housing.

The Asian/Pacific Islander Community Health Worker pilot program will work with local nonprofits and hire health workers to care for seven specific Asian communities in the county. 

The contests for mayor of San Jose, Santa Clara County sheriff, all four of the contested San Jose City Council races and the one contested county supervisor race will have runoff elections in November with the top two finishers.

The three new congressional districts for the San Jose metro area include the first majority Latino district, and another that is the first predominantly Asian district.

Sen. Bob Wieckowski endorsed Wahab as his successor, but if campaign coffers are any sign, it’s still going to be a close race.

Congressman Ro Khanna is now calling for an investigation into retail trading apps, including Robinhood and TD Ameritrade.

Sam Liccardo’s comment comes as chaos grips Washington D.C., where a mob contesting the 2020 election results stormed the U.S. Capitol.

Housing advocates have been sounding the alarm on what they say will be an unparalleled wave of evictions early next year.

For the Bay Area, the festivities took on greater resonance because of Kamala Harris, an Oakland native and now the first woman VP.

Democrats easily won all 12 Bay Areas House of Representative seats.

Baby boomers own close to half of the nation’s privately-held businesses. Some say they should turn to worker co-ops as they retire.

They also burned a flag and pelted the home with paintballs—all in apparent backlash to Sam Liccardo’s distaste for defunding police.

The pair of progressive lawmakers have called on their colleagues to weave the proposal into an upcoming pandemic relief package.

Yemen has known for years what it’s like to live in fear. It can not survive if COVID-19 enters. The stakes are so much higher now.