Voters throughout the Bay Area reacted to both local and national elections on Tuesday night, as former President Donald Trump soundly defeated Vice President and Oakland native Kamala Harris. A few hundred Trump supporters celebrated as results rolled in during the Contra Costa County GOP Election Watch Party at the Back Forty Texas BBQ Roadhouse […]
Trump receives congratulations and an invitation to the White House as Biden nudges on transition
By Zeke Miller, Will Weissert and Jill Colvin, Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump spent his first day as president-elect receiving congratulatory phone calls from his defeated opponent, world leaders and President Joe Biden as he began the process of turning his election victory into a government. Trump was keeping a […]
Trump has vowed to shake some of democracy’s pillars
Bikers show their support for President-elect Donald Trump while riding on I-84, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, near Lords Valley, Pa. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) The mirror reflected not only a restive nation’s discontent but childless cat ladies, false stories of pets devoured by Haitian immigrant neighbors, a sustained emphasis on calling things “weird,” and a […]
Rio Ferdinand urges Mikel Arteta to give Arsenal star ‘more time’ after Inter defeat
Ethan Nwaneri came on in the second half in Arsenal#s 1-0 defeat to Inter (NurPhoto/Shutterstock) Rio Ferdinand believes Ethan Nwaneri has made a strong case to be granted more playing time for Arsenal following their 1-0 defeat to Inter in the Champions League on Wednesday evening. Mikel Arteta’s side slipped to a defeat in Milan […]
Environment, parks and open space measures pass across the Bay Area and California
Environmentalists across the Bay Area were depressed Wednesday by the victory of Donald Trump — a man who appointed a coal lobbyist to run the EPA, withdrew from the Paris climate agreement and relaxed dozens of pollution rules last time he was president. But closer to home, they had a lot to celebrate after Tuesday’s […]
California ballot measures: Voters approve tougher criminal penalties, reject rent control
As ballots continued to be counted Wednesday, initial results for California’s 10 ballot measures showed voters roundly rejected a measure to allow cities to expand rent control and approved propositions to borrow billions for climate projects, affirm same-sex marriage and extend a tax for health care programs. They also overwhelmingly approved a high-profile initiative to […]
Democrats enter a Trump presidency without a plan or a clear leader
By Steve Peoples, Joey Cappelletti and Chris Megerian, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats spent billions of dollars warning American voters that Donald Trump posed an imminent threat to democracy, that his economic policies would benefit only his wealthy friends, that he was literally a fascist. In the end, voters didn’t care — or if […]
Trump’s election could assure a conservative Supreme Court majority for decades
By Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has already appointed three Supreme Court justices. In his second term, he could well have a chance to name two more, creating a high court with a Trump-appointed majority that could serve for decades. The decisive outcome spares the court from having […]
Westminster voters reject measure to end at-large City Council elections
Westminster voters in Tuesday’s election chose to continue selecting their elected leaders in the way they always have: by a citywide vote rather than dividing the city up into three geographic wards for more targeted votes. Ballot Question 3D, which would have established three wards in the city represented by two council members each, was […]
Mikel Arteta rages after Arsenal star is ‘punched in the head’ against Inter
Sommer failed to get the ball… but got the Arsenal man instead (Picture: AFP via Getty Images) Mikel Arteta was left furious with the decision not to award Arsenal a penalty in their Champions League clash against Inter Milan, insisting Mikel Merino was ‘punched in the head’ by goalkeeper Yann Sommer. The Gunners fell to […]
‘Heartbroken’ gran awakes to find £25,000 fish ‘poisoned by neighbour’
‘Heartbroken’ Christine Whitely awoke to find 28 of her beloved pet fish poisoned to death (Picture: Kennedy News) A horrified gran is considering moving house after her neighbour ‘deliberately poisoned’ 28 of her beloved pet fish after a heated row. Christine Whiteley, who ‘knew each fish down to its last scale’ was horrified after waking […]
SF mayor Breed fights for reelection against Levi’s heir Lurie
By Janie Har | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — The first Black woman elected mayor of San Francisco is fighting a self-funded philanthropist for reelection while in nearby Oakland, the first Hmong American mayor of a major city is battling a recall on Wednesday. It was too early to call either the reelection bid of […]