Now THAT’s a raffle prize: An SF meeting — maybe even a fist bump — with...
Well, it’s not a Dream House or a new Tesla, but Democrats.org folks are hoping that the chance to fly to San Francisco and meet President Barack Obama is enough of a draw to raise some big bucks in a...
View ArticleExcloo! Republican Neel Kashkari — edging closer to 2014 gov run — on the issues
Republican Neel Kashkari — dubbed the “$700 billion man” for his work as administrator of the Troubled Asset Relief Program under the Bush and Obama administrations — is traveling the country laying...
View ArticleUrgent video message from Congress: “Only you can save Gotham City, Batkid!”...
It’s taken a 5-year-old kid to get an entire city, a whole region, together pulling for the same goal (at least, one that doesn’t involve a multi-million dollar sports team) — and even now Congress is...
View ArticleBatkid gets Obama, Cruz and Pelosi to agree on something (VIDEO)
Five-year-old Batkid, in his amazing day in the San Francisco spotlight, managed the political equivalent of lifting the Empire State Building: he got Republican Tea Party darling Ted Cruz and liberal...
View ArticleObama plans public event in S.F. to talk immigration reform
President Obama is expanding his planned fundraising trip to San Francisco on Monday with a visit to the Betty Ong Recreation Center in Chinatown “to deliver remarks on the importance of taking...
View ArticleSore loser? Stark vows to help defeat Swalwell in 2014
Former 20-term Rep. Pete Stark – who became known for his eyebrow-raising remarks while in office — is at it again. This time, he’s vowing to do “everything I can” to oust the man who vanquished him,...
View ArticleNew! Stark threatens SuperPAC against Swalwell
Former East Bay Rep. Pete Stark, ousted from office last year after 40 years in the House, said Thursday he may organize a SuperPAC — and go back to campaigning in his former district — to make good on...
View ArticleLocal pool report: Obama hears from immigration protester at SF Rec Center
With the President in San Francisco, the Chronicle and SFGate.com are serving as the local print pool for the visit. Here’s our raw copy pool report filed to the White House on the President’s visit to...
View ArticleLocal pool report: President Obama upbeat at SF Jazz Center, tells supporters...
Here’s our raw copy print pool report as sent to the White House and local press from the President’s fundraiser at the San Francisco Jazz Center today: The normally elegant night club has been...
View ArticleTranscript: President’s full remarks at Betty Ong Rec Center in SF — on...
Here’s the full transcript just released by the White House of the President’s remarks today at the Betty Ong Rec Center in San Francisco, where he addressed about 400 on issues that included Iran and...
View ArticleFull transcript: President Obama tells fundraiser why “executive order” isn’t...
Here’s the full transcript of President Obama’s fundraiser at the San Francisco Jazz Center earlier today, an event attended by Reps. Mike Honda, Eric Swalwell, and Barbara Lee, as well as San...
View ArticleTributes pour in for Nelson Mandela
The death of former South African President and anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela at age 95 unleashed waves of tribute and memories Thursday from political leaders who praised him as a titan who...
View ArticleObama to meet with Silicon Valley tech stars Tuesday on health care, NSA
President Obama will convene a meeting Tuesday to discuss the bungled health care rollout, National Security Agency surveillance and other tech-related issues with Silicon Valley tech stars including...
View ArticleObama talks “House of Cards”— then gets serious with Bay Area tech leaders...
President Obama started out his meeting with tech executives Tuesday on a light note, asking Bay Area-based Netflix CEO Reed Hastings — “you brought advance copies of ‘House of Cards’?” “I wish things...
View ArticleWhite House picks LGBT icons to open Sochi Olympics — pressure on Russian gay...
The White House has named two prominent gay athletes — skater Brian Boitano and tennis great Billie Jean King — to represent the country at the opening of the Sochi Winter Olympics in February, a move...
View ArticleNew Netflix documentary, “Mitt,” captures devastation of losing White House...
Even the two-minute trailer for the new documentary, “Mitt” — to premiere Januuary 24 on Netflix — is packed with the pain, the drama, and the devastation of the GOP presidential candidate’s 2012 run....
View ArticleSilicon Valley 2014 House race already ugly: Team Honda compares Ro Khanna to...
It’s still a year from the 2014 election– but the Democrat v. Democrat House race in the Silicon Valley CD17 has heated up so fast that it’s already gone negative. Bigtime. The campaign of seven-term...
View ArticleBoitano: “Being gay is just one part of who I am,” but very proud to...
Bay Area Olympic skater Brian Boitano today released a statement saying that he is “honored to be part of the presidential delegation to Sochi” — and while “being gay is just one part of who I am,” he...
View ArticleBringing sexy back: Sil Valley tech billionaires heavy favorites in 2014...
Looks like nothing is sexier than billions. That’s the lesson as a whole new crop of California guys, especially those billionaires in high tech — and OK, a few with famous blood lines — and have made...
View ArticleTea Party hopeful’s video likens realignment to Chappaquiddick in ‘war on women’
California GOP gubernatorial candidate Tim Donnelly has released a video belittling the idea that Republicans are engaged in a “war on women” — a video in which his campaign manager lists Gov. Jerry...
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