Rep. Ro Khanna receives his first big assignment since taking office last year. 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTIt makes sense the congressional district that essentially created the Internet should lead the legislative effort to create a more equatable platform and protect the… Read More ›
Oakland community activist Ken Houston is the third candidate to declare an intention to challenge Mayor Libby Schaaf’s re-election. ELECTION 2018Three years ago, Ken Houston was a candidate in the sprawling 15-person campaign for Oakland Mayor. He finished 10th with .50… Read More ›
Alameda County Sheriff Gregory Ahern and Supervisor Nate Miley. ALCO BOARD OF SUPERVISORSAlameda County Supervisor Nate Miley has long been one of the typically progressive Board of Supervisors’ must ardent supporters of the sheriff’s office and Urban Shield, the disaster… Read More ›
Robert McBain, left, seated withCouncilmember Teddy Grey King, was chosen as Piedmont mayor Tuesday night. PHOTO/Keegan Tatum PIEDMONT CITY COUNCILBy Keegan Tatum Bob McBain tapped his left hand on the papers of an open binder with an obvious mixture of… Read More ›
PIEDMONT CITY COUNCILThe Piedmont City Council says Jeff Wieler, who stepped down as mayor last Sunday, should also resign as a councilmember. Wieler resigned earlier this week after a number of Piedmont residents became upset over a series of derogatory social… Read More ›
Piedmont Mayor Jeff Wieler resigned Sunday. PIEDMONTPiedmont Mayor Jeff Wieler resigned Sunday after an uproar over offensive comments he made on Facebook last week against members of the black and transgender communities. Piedmont, a small hamlet of more than 10,000… Read More ›
Bill and Nadia Lockyer ALAMEDA COUNTYFormer Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer, whose brief tenure ended after she resigned due to drug and alcohol addiction, was arrested Thursday in Tuolomne County for spousal abuse. according to the Union Democrat. Nadia Lockyer is… Read More ›
Nadia Lockyer has made allegations against her husband Bill Lockyer on Facebook in past. ALAMEDA COUNTYFormer Alameda County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer wrote an alarming message on Facebook Sunday that sounded to some as a suicide note while briefly alarming her… Read More ›
Ro Khanna says Rep. Mike Honda’s latest political ad contains racial innuendo. CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |ELECTION 2016 |It may be the most biting and deprecating political ad in the Bay Area this election cycle. Rep. Mike Honda’s 30-second hit… Read More ›
Democratic congressional candidate Ro Khanna was upset that he was shut out of the “party.” CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT |Face it, Ro. They’re not going to love you until they have to. Despite winning the June primary, Democrat Ro Khanna… Read More ›
The campaign of Alameda County Superior Court candidate Scott Jackson took a hit Tuesday. ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT | Be careful who you befriend on social media, especially if you’re running in a competitive three-person race for Alameda County Superior… Read More ›
OAKLAND | Mayor Libby Schaaf knows her strengths. And one of them is the line-dancing phenomenon known as Cupid’s Shuffle. Last summer, when Schaaf’s campaign for mayor found its groove, so to speak, one of the first indication of her… Read More ›
Just a minor correction needed. The League of Women Voters’ site confused Chris Pareja with Oakland mayoral candidate Jason “Shake” Anderson. The mistake has since been corrected. ELECTION 2014 | Maybe Assemblymember Bob Wieckowski looks a little like the apple-chewing… Read More ›
Constituents show opposition to U.S. support for Israel at a town hall in San Lorenzo Thursday held by Rep. Eric Swalwell. PHOTO/Steven Tavares CONGRESS | 15th DISTRICT | On July 11, Rep. Eric Swalwell riled Palestinian groups and constituents in… Read More ›
Photo of Joe Tuman’s broken car window posted on Facebook Wednesday night. OAKLAND | MAYOR | Over the past several days Oakland has been awash in positive news. First, came the news that the Brooklyn Basin housing development just south… Read More ›
CONGRESS | 17TH DISTRICT | Some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names are becoming increasingly concerned over the breadth of the federal government’s reach into the consumer data that companies, like Apple, Google and Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, LinkedIn and AOL collect. On… Read More ›
Nadia Lockyer ALAMEDA COUNTY | Nadia Lockyer never ceases to amaze Alameda County. Just when you think a blanket of normalcy has arrive in her treacherous saga from county supervisor to stints in rehab for alcohol and drug treatment, there is… Read More ›
HAYWARD | Jesus Armas, the embattled former Hayward city manager and school board president who chose not to run for re-election in 2012 following an embarrassing sex scandal, has reemerged across the bay. On Wednesday, the South San Francisco City… Read More ›
CONGRESS 15 | If anybody has an idea what Rep. Eric Swalwell is trying to accomplish with his peculiarly hysterical postcards from Israel, you’re a mensch. Swalwell always claims he’s in firm control of his social media accounts, so we… Read More ›
Asm Bill Quirk and Halle Berry ASSEMBLY 20 | When Assemblyman Bill Quirk posed for a photo last week with local labor leader Lillian Galedo and fellow Assemblyman Rob Bonta, the look on the Hayward lawmaker’s face was…meh? However, when… Read More ›
“Larry You Are My Brother” Facebook page OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL | When times are tough, many say, the only people you can really count on is family. In embattled Oakland Councilman Larry Reid’s case, his propensity for calling everyone his brothers… Read More ›
ELECTION ‘12//SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL DIST 4 | During two past San Leandro city council candidates forums held last September, District 4 candidate Chris Crow ran through a list of endorsements, including one from Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, the city’s… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | Another school board meeting in Hayward, another chance lost to confront serious allegations of potential violations of the state’s sunshine laws. Since allegations surfaced July 25 of an undisclosed romance between Hayward school board President Jesus… Read More ›
HAYWARD SCHOOL BOARD SCANDAL | On Aug. 21, Hayward school board member Maribel Heredia began her day with a morning latte in Newport Beach in Southern California. The brief respite came a day before the Hayward School Board would meet… Read More ›
ELECTION ’12//SAN LEANDRO DIST 4 | A San Leandro city council candidate is running the risk of alienating the city’s largest demographic, after online comments Aug. 14, since removed, riled Asian American community leaders who now question the candidate’s trustworthiness as… Read More ›
GOOGLE, FACEBOOK’S POWER IS UNMISTAKABLE WITHOUT A GOVERNMENT LOBBY, WHAT IF IT TURNS ITS LOBBYISTS LOOSE?By Steven Tavaressteven.tavares@eastbaycitizen.comFollow @eastbaycitizen on twitter (ironic, huh?) Either the California State Senate isn’t ready for Sen. Ellen Corbett’s Internet privacy bill or it is sitting… Read More ›
LOBBYIST GOING FOR BORE AGAINST TWO SENATE BILLS; SITES SAY GIVING TOO INFO IS NOT ALWAYS BADFacebook and Google are just getting into the lobbyist game in Washington which is surprisingly for two companies worth so much to Wall Street… Read More ›
CORBETT SAYS SHE MAY REINTRODUCE BILL AIMED AT PROTECTING MINORS ONLINEFacebook has enlisted the help of over 500 million people to register their likes and dislikes making it the world’s largest social networking site. Now, it has hired just seven lobbyist to… Read More ›
