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2022 Year-In-Review: Election integrity is under attack in Alameda County because of incompetence

2022 Year-In-Review: Alameda County craved new ideas for public safety; labor unions fueled progressive wave; election integrity questioned

2022 Year-In-Review: Things I think about the year and the future

What is going on in Fremont? Third high-ranking public safety officer alleged retaliation for speaking out

Alameda County Supervisors approve rental housing ordinances, but how long will it last?

Alameda County supes revisit rental housing ordinances; Oakland recount stalled by non-payment; East Bay reps on Senate shortlist

Lawsuit alleges Fremont Mayor Lily Mei told police she was blackmailed with personal photos she sent to an Alameda County official

Pamela Price doubled-down on progressive bastions and won

Alameda County is already looking at options for more housing measures in 2024

Lena Tam's path to victory

Fremont mayor wants to find and punish closed session leaker

Emeryville is poised to wipe away criminal penalties from its municipal code

Housing crisis is dominating year-end East Bay council meetings

Change was made uptown and Ed Reiskin left the band

With time running out, Alameda County supervisors kick package of rental housing ordinances two weeks down the road

Thank you, Bill

BART picks developer for proposed North Berkeley housing development

Court hearing on legitimacy of Alameda County supervisor’s appointment set for next week

Who's the boss in Oakland? Somebody doesn't think it's the mayor-elect.

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Episode 56 - The election that went up in smoke

Post-election analysis: What just happened in the East Bay?!

Alameda County registrar had an East Bay congressional candidate arrested while she was observing the vote count

Comebacks complete: Pamela Price is Alameda County's next DA; Sheng Thao is Oakland's next mayor

East Bay races continue to tighten; Aisha Wahab declares victory in SD10

IDLF’s voters may not have understood ranked-choice voting

Pamela Price edges into the lead for DA

Slow pace of election returns has Alameda County voters miffed

Early ranked-choice tabulations released in Oakland, San Leandro mayoral races

Election Night Alert: Tam leads Kaplan for supervisor; Taylor leads Thao in Oakland; Wiley leads Price for DA

Setting the table for Election Night

Three East Bay races that labor hopes to win big on Election Day

Pamela Price volunteer was wearing her campaign t-shirt while allegedly involved in a shooting and robbery incident last week

Brutal attack website against Oakland mayoral candidate Ignacio De La Fuente emerges with a vengeance

With less than a week before Election Day, voter turnout in Alameda County is paltry

Pamela Price wants to take second look at two of DA O'Malley's acclaimed policies; Alameda Election Preview: Progressives in Peril

East Bay Insiders Podcast - Loren Taylor: Oakland mayoral multitasker

Lily Mei named in wrongful death lawsuit filed by family of Fremont police officer; Ethics complaint filed against Sheng Thao

Hard-hitting public safety-themed mailers are pounding away at opponents

The Passion of Jen K.

Former council aide to Sheng Thao alleges she was fired for not working on Oakland mayoral campaign

Did Lily Mei's campaign employ a dog whistle and purposefully darken Aisha Wahab's skin?

Alameda County's registrar of voters screwed up again

New East Bay Insiders Podcast - It's the Power of IEs

For differing reasons, East Bay Defund the Police candidates may fare well this November

Coal train dumps another $250,000 in Oakland’s mayor race

Aisha Wahab received life-threatening voicemails in the aftermath of false mailers linking her to convicted rapist

Pamela Price joins Team Legend

San Leandro mayoral candidate Bryan Azevedo, who sought and failed to receive the Democratic endorsement, is now disavowing the party

Dem-on-Dem East Bay legislative races hit $3.2 million in IE spending

Wahab declares victory after IEs declare ceasefire over false Brock Turner mailers

Wahab sends cease and desist letter to IE backing Lily Mei

Oakland Mayor: Ignacio De La Fuente is making his big move and Big Coal is behind it

Joel Young, the East Bay election's most vulnerable incumbent, issued his campaign a big loan

Supervisors Miley, Haubert are still itching to end Alameda County's eviction moratorium

Negative mailer unleashed against Liz Ortega echoes an infamous East Bay campaign blunder from the 1990s

AC Transit candidate didn't know what areas his district represents; questioned his opponent's Asian-ness

Roe v. Wade and the East Bay's State Senate race

It's a numbers game from here on out

AD20 race picks up where it left off in the spring with a nasty hit on Liz Ortega-Toro

Alameda County supervisors to vote soon on three renters' protection ordinances

Did a San Leandro mayoral candidate violate the City Charter?

Labor-backed Tenants IE goes on the early attack against landlords in Alameda County supervisors race

Rob Bonta's big bets: From the Oakland mayor's race to the Alameda County Board of Supervisors

Alameda County supervisor hopefuls side-stepped eviction moratorium question

Mayor Watch: Oakland, San Leandro, and Alameda mayoral races are heating up

Loren Taylor gains support from holy trinity of Bay Area mayors

East Bay IEs are back and they've started their spending sprees

Sheng Thao easily wins Alameda County Dems endorsement for Oakland mayor; party snubs Pamela Price’s DA campaign

Things I think heading toward the stretch run to November

Building Trades Council endorsed candidate accused of domestic violence, now Alameda County Dems may do the same

Alameda County Dems release unofficial November local endorsements, will determine contentious races on Saturday

Fremont Mayor Lily Mei has been under FPPC investigation since 2020 for allegedly laundering campaign contributions

The ongoing divide between old school Alameda County Dems and the young upstarts

Lily Mei response to scathing article is Trump-like, does not include denial

Labor union again pours $550,000 into IEs supporting Wahab, Ortega-Toro

Fremont Mayor Lily Mei, State Senate candidate, texted topless photos to an East Bay official

Oakland mayoral candidate sent anti-Semitic email to some Alameda County Democratic Party officials

Alameda council candidate suspends campaign following domestic violence arrest

East Bay Insiders Podcast: Episode 52 - Oakland according to Seneca Scott

On experience: Ignacio De La Fuente says 'Nobody can touch me'

Judge pitches a shutout against Howard Terminal lawsuits

Allyssa's Victory Lap: Oakland mayoral candidate is allowed on the ballot

Alameda IE vs. The World

East Bay Insiders Podcast - Episode 51: The Worst

Big 'Democracy Dollars': ACLU drops $100,000 on Oakland's campaign finance ballot measure

Supervisor Nate Miley blasts Oakland City Council following Little Saigon murder: 'Lawlessness in Oakland must stop'

What’s up with Bryan Azevedo’s curious curly coif?

San Leandro mayoral candidate Bryan Azevedo on the environment: 'We're making it worst'

Alameda County GOP rescinded its endorsement of America First candidate Alison Hayden, Rep. Eric Swalwell's November opponent

Candidate Spotlight: George Syrop, Hayward born and raised, hopes to be the city council's next progressive beacon

Oakland mayoral candidates have ideas for alleviating crime and homelessness

Ranked choice voting will make for some intriguing couplings in Oakland, San Leandro mayoral races

Oakland's Eleven for mayor; Price gives $20k loan to her DA campaign; Filing Deadline Update

The greatest filing deadline story ever told has a third act

Here comes the money. Here comes the candidates.

Delete that tweet, Carroll. Yes, chief. Right away.

Alameda NIMBYs tried to use state historical commission to shut down voter-backed wellness center for homeless seniors

Terry Wiley says Pamela Price will run the Alameda County DA's office like recalled DA Chesa Boudin did in SF

Rebecca Kaplan's campaign helped an IE supporting Sheriff Greg Ahern's re-election

State Senate candidate Lily Mei is really low on cash; Shawn Kumagai quits central committee post

Moneyball: Loren Taylor, Sheng Thao sit atop Oakland mayor fundraising race

Moneyball: Terry Wiley and Jimmie Wilson spent $1.1 million and still got thumped by Pamela Price last June

Analysis: Sheriff Ahern ran an all-time worst campaign; Terry Wiley has a shot at winning the DA’s race this November

Big 3 Oakland mayoral candidates say they don't trust A's, but willing to deal on ballpark project

All aboard the Trish Train

FEC says Swalwell can use campaign funds for babysitting, but not when traveling abroad

Funding for Alameda County Covid-19 testing is stretched thin

Record-breaking Newark mayor announces retirement after 42 years in office

Court filing: City of Alameda argues county's eviction moratorium is unconstitutional

Barbara Lee arrested; Khanna staffers want to join union; Oakland mayoral candidate isn't famous enough for Wikipedia

Supervisor Nate Miley says Alameda County's eviction moratorium is unconstitutional, a taking of private property

Did Fremont Mayor Lily Mei approve new police and fire contracts because they maxed out contributions to her state senate campaign?

Supervisor Haubert wants to end Alameda County's eviction moratorium

East Bay November Election Preview: Part 3 - Progressives face city council showdowns in Alameda, San Leandro, Hayward

East Bay November Election Preview: Part 2 - Kaplan vs. Tam is a proxy battle between labor and landlords

East Bay November Election Preview: Part 1-Alameda County DA fall race to focus on Wiley veteran. Perhaps, Price is Right? Oakland gets a new mayor

Fremont is giving police officers a whopping 17% wage increase amid a pre-recession spending spree

Bryan Azevedo: Master negotiator

Taking a little shine off Bonta's good guy image

‘Dro Drama: San Leandro is giving its police officers $20,000 to stay. Now other city labor groups want theirs

Noel Gallo's proposed Howard Terminal advisory ballot measure strikes out

Alameda elected officials get paid $50 per meeting. A proposed ballot measure will give them a big raise

A’s get a big win at BCDC

Alameda County supervisors hear push to rely on reserves to fund additional social programs

Alameda County Grand Jury slams Oakland (yet again), Santa Rita Jail, and BART Board, its management, and labor unions

Oakland complained that Microsoft Teams does not allow for gender pronouns. Microsoft didn’t answer

Battle lines are immediately drawn in AD20, Alameda County DA races

Oakland is loading up on November ballot measures

Alameda County sheriff-elect worries transition of power will not be smooth

June Primary Autopsy

Alameda County indoor masking requirement could be lifted this week

Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle is facing serious health issues

Swalwell gave cover to Lily Mei, invited her to behind closed doors meeting with LGBT activists

Proposed Howard Terminal Ballpark ballot measure moves to the full Oakland City Council

Petition asks Eric Swalwell to urge Ro Khanna to rescind endorsement of state Senate candidate Lily Mei

There's a new sheriff in town: Yesenia Sanchez completes a historic upset of Sheriff Greg Ahern

Alameda County supervisors accept proposed $3.4bn fiscal year budget, but warn of dire times ahead

Monday night Alameda County election results update

Proud Boys descend on San Lorenzo

Yesenia Sanchez, Alysse Castro move closer to major countywide upsets

If Pamela Price wants to be DA, her election map will need to look like Yesenia Sanchez's blueprint for victory

Potential for major upsets in two Alameda County races bolstered by latest election results

A night of surprises, but a lot more vote-counting to come

Primary Election Day is here! Here's what to watch for after the ballots are counted

Updated outlooks for all the East Bay June primary races

Major hit pieces arrive in Alameda County races just days before Election Day

Brother of deceased Fremont captain accuses Lily Mei of covering up city manager's misconduct, having inappropriate personal relationships

Pamela Price’s deceptive play to dupe voters into believing Rob Bonta, San Francisco Chronicle support her Alameda County DA campaign

10 Things I Think about the June Primary

East Bay Insiders Live

East Bay candidates are spending their money, and so are IEs: Analysis, field notes from each East Bay June Primary race

Lily Mei and IEs supporting her campaign are worried about something coming out

Alameda County receives $100 million from state for rental assistance, but it may not be enough

Asian-dominated AD24 asked to continue first-term progressive's rise or return to his predecessor

Wahab vs. Mei: Round 1 of a Titanic tilt in SD10

AD20 seeks new direction with IEs leading the way

Wilma Chan's legacy headlines surprisingly lackluster Alameda County supervisors race

East Bay June Primary Preview, Part 2

Progressives finally have a chance to unseat Sheriff Greg Ahern. Can they deny him an outright win in June?

In a bruising primary campaign, it’s certain Alameda County will elect its first Black DA, but which two campaigns will advance to November?

East Bay June Primary Preview, Part 1

Alameda County DA candidate's savage mailer is the talk of the town

Alameda County Dem officials called Ahern a fascist and Nazi

Oakland police union is backing Latino-focused PAC supporting Sheriff Greg Ahern, DA candidate Jimmie Wilson

Mia Bonta reveals past abortion: ‘I chose to own my body’

Seeking to avoid lawsuit, Alameda County Supervisors vow not to break Brown Act again

Ballots are in the mail. Don't send them back until these five races unfold over the next few weeks

Oakland, San Leandro: Two snapshots of how elected officials are facing the aftermath of the Defund the Police movement

Pamela Price on push poll: It wasn’t me

Threads connecting Sheriff Ahern, Shawn Kumagai, and Lily Mei emerge: IEs backed by real estate interests, new car dealers, and anti-labor IE reveal connections

Push poll reveals an Alameda County DA candidate may be readying a nasty attack

Ahead of June vote, BCDC staff recommends moving A's Howard Terminal ballpark plan forward

Sheriff Greg Ahern prominently features controversial 'Thin Blue Line' flag on mailer

IE backed by Uber and supporting Lily Mei emerges. Mailer highlights Ro Khanna’s endorsement of Mei

SD10: Wahab continues to lead fundraising race

Rebecca Kaplan returns another donation that could violate Oakland's conflict of interest laws

East Bay political races are awash in money as the home stretch to June begins

In a field of immigrant candidates, assemblymember notes that he’s born in America

Alameda County’s DA Race IE-IE-O

Alameda County prosecutors really don't want Pamela Price to be their boss; spends big on IE opposing her DA run

Alameda County supervisors takes lead in reopening government meetings

Why does the East Bay Times (Daniel Borenstein) bother endorsing candidates who will never win?

Rebecca Kaplan supports bringing just cause protections to unincorporated Alameda County

Livermore Whine Tasting with Eric Dillie and Mony Nop

Alameda County sheriff's race: Does Yesenia Sanchez have enough to beat Sheriff Ahern? There's signs that she does

Alameda County DA race: Wiley received backing from police groups, initially told county Dems differently

Alameda County DA candidates (not Seth Steward!) absolutely ripped each other apart over the weekend

No criminal liability for Alameda police officers involved in death of Mario Gonzalez

Alameda County Dems leadership shifts north; party names Berkeley’s Igor Tregub to lead party

Alameda County Supervisor Richard Valle hit with $8,000 fine for campaign finance violations

San Leandro approves use of 41 surveillance cameras on city streets

Hayward's talks with Waste Management bogged down over rate increase; County Supervisor Valle's company is city's recycling vendor

Live in front of a studio audience: Notes from Thursday’s AD20 candidate forum

Questions follow former Fremont city manager’s charges of embezzlement and misappropriation of public funds

Labor union IE pledges $1 million to support Wahab's state Senate campaign

San Leandro officials who backed Defund the Police want new tool for fighting crime; but police rejected it because they’re understaffed

Mia Bonta weighs in on the Alameda County DA race

Running from Nancy O'Malley

A's still ignoring Carroll Fife, and so is Noel Gallo. 'Everyone is disrespecting the role that I play in this project,' Fife says

BART officials reverse course, reinstates Board Director Lateefah Simon

Struggling Alameda County 911 ambulance provider will pay county to staff two of its vehicles

Schaaf is not happy about one Oakland mayoral candidate. Will she endorse Kaplan for county supervisor? Nope.

East Bay's June Primary Election Preview, Part 2

East Bay's June Primary Election Preview, Part 1

Bay conservation advisory committee delivers a brush back pitch to A's waterfront ballpark plan

After many fits and starts, San Leandro's potential marina jewel is nearing fruition

Two East Bay officials, with re-election a sure-thing this fall, have other plans

BART Board’s train wreck

Winning the Alameda County DA’s race is in Pamela Price’s hands

Councilman who attended Super Bowl is resisting return to in-person meetings

June primary filing deadline looms

Masks off, pay your rent

Text messages show Alameda County Supe Dave Brown coordinating his appointment to Board of Supervisors

Pamela Price's supporter brings money and, better yet, an important story to tell

Re-examining the legacy of an East Bay mayor

Alameda's rent moratorium is lifted

Terry Sandoval, longtime East Bay labor leader and chair of Alameda County Democratic Party, dies

Dear Elected Officials: Go back into the office

Swalwell takes heat for wanting to expel Russian college students

Miley says ALCO Board of Supervisors should revisit county's eviction moratorium

Gay Latinx San Leandro councilmember alleged mayor discriminated against him; investigation found no evidence

AD20 GOP candidate wants to ease traffic with a tunnel linking Dublin to San Mateo Bridge

Alameda County DA candidates continue to bash Nancy O'Malley's legacy, and each other

Sore Loser

After voting against ballpark EIR, Oakland councilwoman calls her opponents heathens

Breaking News: Oakland City Council approves Howard Terminal ballpark EIR

Quirk declines to carry tax authority bill, upsets Eden Health District directors; Bonta won't do it, either

Kaplan announces a run for Alameda County supervisor, but fails to mention Wilma Chan

Police oversight is coming to San Leandro

Wahab wins SD10 state Democratic Party pre-endorsement; no consensus in AD20

Wilma Chan Way: Alameda may rename roadway in honor of the late county supervisor

Black Fremont councilwoman said mayor's Black History Month snub was political payback

Getting to '5 touches': The true cost of running for countywide office

Miley, Haubert, and... Jerry Brown endorse Sheriff Ahern

Ro Khanna shines on Real Time; but he made one big mistake

1-877-KARS-4KOPS. Donate to Ahern Today.

FREE FRIDAY! Oakland wins fight against coal; Khanna on Real Time with Bill Maher tonight

Salwan avoids removal from Alameda County Dem Central Committee

Alameda County Dems seek to remove Raj Salwan for supporting Lily Mei, violating its bylaws

Alameda County health official says life with Covid-19 will be the 'new normal'

What I Think

Port interests are reimagining their opposition to Howard Terminal

What’s eating Lily Mei?

Say what?! Janani supports expanding Oakland's police force

Be on the lookout for candidates asking for $20,000 donations!

Alameda County Supes race is coming into focus

Predictions for Alameda County DA, sheriff primary races

Bryan vs. the Tsunami

Welcome to the Bontacracy

Breaking: Oakland Planning Commission unanimously moves forward A's ballpark project

So it begins. Rebecca Kaplan joins Alameda County supervisor race

Wahab, Mei play for a draw in first SD10 meeting

San Leandro group may take legal action against state redistricting commission over state senate map

DA candidates make their case with a focus on opponent Terry Wiley

What to watch for at tonight’s first Alameda County DA forum

State Assembly races is shaping up as a East-West contest

Alameda County sheriff challengers begin their quest to unseat Ahern

How will single-payer affect East Bay legislative races?

San Leandro vice mayor selection turns ugly

Ro Khanna for speaker?

2022 EAST BAY ELECTION PREVIEW: Oakland leads six other East Bay mayoral races this year

2022 could be the East Bay's greatest election season ever