Election day in the East Bay featured a number of notable decisions, from county supervisors to state senators to local measures with regional significance.
The open Assembly District 26 seat is the result of a political domino effect that began to fall when U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo announced she'd be retiring from Congress after more than three decades.
American Samoa has been the site of quixotic victories before. During the 2020 Democratic primaries, billionaire Michael Bloomberg's only win came in the territory.
"This bill does not secure our border, will be harmful for communities and businesses in our state, and burdensome for law enforcement personnel and the state judicial system," Gov. Katie Hobbs wrote.
From San Jose to Oakland to Antioch, turnout for Tuesday’s primary appeared low, but many of those who trickled in to hand-deliver their ballots Tuesday were as passionate, divided and frustrated as ever.
In 2014, mini-storms of tumbleweeds swamped the drought-stricken prairie of southern Colorado, blocking rural roads and irrigation canals, and briefly barricading homes and an elementary school. Parts of Victorville, California, nearly were buried in 2018 by the large balls of the dried weeds.