PALO ALTO — Voters across the Peninsula took to the polls to cast their votes on a number of local races and propositions Tuesday.
Civic duty, education issues drive Peninsula voters to polls Read More »
PALO ALTO — Palo Alto’s medical cost reduction ballot measure lost in a landslide vote against the initiative during Tuesday’s midterm elections.
Palo Alto voters reject Measure F, which would have regulated healthcare costs Read More »
Peninsula Press coverage for the Nov. 6 midterm election. What does Election 2018 look like in your neighborhood?
Election 2018 in the Peninsula Read More »
PALO ALTO — The Enough is Enough political action committee is focused on six candidates in five states, who have either been accused of sexual misconduct, have voted against measures to aid victims, or have otherwise failed to stand with survivors on the subject of sexual assault.
#MeToo hits the midterms: New PAC targets accused politicians Read More »
PENINSULA — Two years after California legalized recreational marijuana, pot laws on the Peninsula remain a patchwork.
Cracks emerge in Peninsula prohibition on dispensaries Read More »
PENINSULA — Stories about the 2018 midterm elections.
ALAMEDA & SANTA CLARA COUNTIES — About one percent of voters in Alameda and Santa Clara counties will cast their ballots on electronic voting machines that have known security vulnerabilities.
SANTA CLARA — Santa Clara County’s five-term sheriff, Laurie Smith, is facing her toughest re-election battle in two decades amid heightened scrutiny of her record and recent high-profile deaths at the county jails.
LOS ALTOS – A ballot measure to decide if Los Altos’ residents will have final say over the leasing, selling and development of public land in the town has divided this small peninsula city heading into the Nov. 6 election.
Los Altos divided over ballot measure to regulate how city develops public land Read More »
PALO ALTO – Proposition 7 could result in permanent Daylight Saving Time for California, meaning we will no longer have fall back and spring forward.
If Proposition 7 passes, California could have permanent Daylight Saving Time Read More »
PALO ALTO — Much of the public’s focus is on the Nov. 6 midterm elections. But there’s one vote that Palo Altans can’t participate in, but it may be just as important – which two candidates will the City Council choose for the city’s influential Planning and Transportation Commission.
Palo Alto to narrow field of Planning Commission contenders Read More »
LOS ALTOS — Neysa Fligor, an in-house attorney at Hewlett-Packard and mother, is running for Los Altos City Council this year. But it isn’t her first time. She lost back in 2016 by only six votes.
After defeat two years ago, Neysa Fligor tries again for Los Altos City Council Read More »
