Politics

Hamas said Monday it accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal, but Israel said the deal did not meet its core demands and it was pushing ahead with an assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. Still, Israel said it would continue negotiations.

Student protesters at San Francisco State University met with university President Lynn Mahoney on Monday to express their concerns about the conflict in Gaza.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made a quick trip to the Bay Area on Monday.

As campus tensions escalate over student encampments to protest the war in Gaza -- with canceled classes, violent clashes and mass arrests in recent days -- Republican leaders in the California Legislature are calling for the state to use its upcoming budget process to punish demonstrators who they say have gone too far.   

State Assemblyman Evan Low will face off against former San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo after scoring second place in the primary following a recount.

California A.G. Rob Bonta held the third in a series of roundtable discussions around the state on the issue of gun violence. He met with community leaders and stakeholders from the Bay Area and Central Coast.

A contentious and highly-politicized recount in Silicon Valley's open congressional race has concluded in Santa Clara County with Assemblymember Evan Low leading Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian by four votes.

The U.S. TikTok ban is raising questions about the app's future in San Jose, where its Chinese parent company, Bytedance, is expanding its office space.   

Kardashian was a regular presence at the White House during the Trump administration after striking up a partnership with the then-president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who had taken on criminal justice issues as part of his portfolio, and leveraging her celebrity to help secure clemency for those she felt were unjustly imprisoned.

The parent company of TikTok now has up to one year to sell the popular social media platform in the United States or risk facing a ban, following President Biden's signing of a bill into law this morning due to national security concerns.

Governor Gavin Newsom announced his support for a new bill introduced Wednesday, that would provide temporary permits for Arizona doctors to provide their patients with abortion procedures in the state of California. 

In a cramped, cubicle-filled room inside the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters on Tuesday, the painstaking task of a rarely seen recount was done under the gaze of onlookers.

Google terminated more employees who protested in company offices nationwide over a contract with the Israeli government.

Like other college campuses across the country, students at the University of California, Berkeley joined the "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" protest, calling for the university system to stop investing money in companies that provide military aid to Israel.

Silicon Valley congressional candidate Sam Liccardo is facing a complaint with the federal election commission alleging his campaign is coordinating a "dark money" effort to fund a highly-criticized recount in the Congressional District 16 race.