Alysa Liu

Forget politicians. The buoyant young Olympic skating gold medalist, the true Queen of Oakland, is awarded the key to the city by Mayor Barbara Lee at a rally with 4,000 cheering fans outside City Hall.

 

 

 

Matt Mahan

San Jose’s mayor announced a run for governor in late January. But despite big fundraising, he’s still stuck at 3%, according to two new polls, likely because of low name recognition in Southern California.

 

 

 

Dave Regan

President of the SEIU-UHW union pushing the proposed billionaire’s tax can celebrate that it has 50% support in polls this week. But billionaires only need to boost opposition a little more to kill it in November.

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