California voters approve data privacy expansion

Proposition 24 includes provisions to triple the fines for companies that violate kids' privacy and will create a dedicated state agency to enforce the law that was passed in 2018.

Measure to create new SF sanitation and streets department passes

According to the latest results, more than 60 percent of voters approved the measure, which needed just a simple majority to pass.

4 incumbents, 2 newcomers join SF Board of Supervisors

Four incumbent San Francisco supervisors appeared to have secured their spot after ranked-choice voting.

Prop D: San Francisco voters overwhelmingly approve sheriff's oversight board

According to Supervisor Shamann Walton, who drafted the measure, the Sheriff's Department needs a dedicated oversight board and inspector general to increase accountability and transparency.

San Francisco Bay Area local 2020 election results

Get complete results of city, county and other local 2020 elections in the San Francisco Bay Area.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom spends Election Day phone banking in San Francisco

Gov. Gavin Newsom chose Manny’s, which his office touted as the "country’s first and only outdoor socially distanced set of booths" where community members have been coming to phone bank, text bank, and write over 25,000 letters to swing-state voters.

Emotions high and eggs fly after Trump caravan visits Marin City

What happened in Marin City, they say, is a microcosm of the politically charged feelings raging throughout the country with just hours left to the election. 

Bay Area breaks election turnout records, officials are thrilled

Entering countdown mode, elections officials are thrilled that voter registration and early turnout are breaking records.

What if your polling place is closed on Election Day?

As if the pandemic weren't enough concern for voters, you need to check if your traditional voting place is open. Best advice at this late stage: know exactly where you need to go to either drop off your ballot or vote in person.

East Bay businesses boarded up fearing Election Day fallout

Kathy Hemmenway, Executive Director of Walnut Creek Downtown, said stores are making the individual decision whether to take precautions or not. She said there was no mandate to board up from the city or police department.

Steph Curry shows up at Oakland voting site to get out the vote

"We're down to the wire," Steph Curry said. "If you haven't gone out and voted by mail or in person yet, you still have time."

Bay Area early voting numbers show impressive turnout

So far, 122,000 vote-by-mail ballots have been collected in Marin County, and the county is projected to surpass the 70 percent voter turnout rate.