A man who claimed in federal court that his dispute with Comcast cost him his job at PriceWaterhouseCoopers is dropping his lawsuit against the cable giant. Conal O’Rourke sued Comcast
A month after Charles Munger Jr. wrote his first $100,000 check to a political campaign, he got a taste of the chronic rejection familiar to California’s big Republican donors: The
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was in California’s Bay Area Wednesday and Thursday making his potential pre-presidential fundraising rounds. His trip came as he faced heat for supporting an Indiana law that Democrats, many
Potential Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush arrived in the Bay Area on Wednesday, perhaps hoping the region might be as much of a fulcrum to political success as was Florida,
Just after his lawsuit failed to settle last week, aggrieved former Comcast customer Conal O’Rourke filed an amended civil complaint that stemmed from a year-long billing dispute with the ISP.
There are few places in the nation where a democratic socialist independent who’s mulling a presidential run would have more rock-star status than the Bay Area. Yet U.S. Sen. Bernie
Prominent local Indian American law professionals were honored at the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California’s 22nd Annual Gala at the San Francisco Design Center Mar. 6. The sold-out
“Larry Salva has been promoted to executive vice president because he is one of the most outstanding and respected chief accounting officers and controllers in corporate America,” Moyer said Wednesday.
As much of the nation ties itself in knots over Hillary Clinton’s missing emails, the Bay Area is holding her next fundraiser. Those who will gather Thursday evening in San
Independent spending has continued to run amok in the all-Democrat 7th State Senate District special election since I last updated the tsunami Friday. To recap, unions are spending big for
San Francisco attorney Harmeet Dhillon was re-elected to serve a two-year term as vice chair of the California Republican Party, on a unanimous vote Mar. 1 at the party’s three-day
An Indian American businesswoman filed a lawsuit Feb. 18 against Fremont Bank, alleging that a former operations manager of the institution had stolen heirloom jewelry valued at more than $100,000
A two-term Republican assemblyman who has sought to broaden the appeal of the party with Hispanics launched an uphill campaign Thursday to become the next U.S. senator from California, a
California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte, a former state legislator who took over the party at a low point two years ago, was overwhelmingly reelected to another term on Sunday.
The California GOP kicked off their three-day Spring Convention at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Sacramento. The party invited Governor Chris Christie (R-New Jersey) to be the special guest speaker for the
Hundreds of California Republican leaders and their guests gathered Friday in Sacramento for their biannual convention, with plans to celebrate their legislative victories in 2014 that blocked Democratic supermajorities in
California Republicans achieved their modest goals last year of preventing Democrats from securing a two-thirds majority in both houses of the state Legislature and rescuing the party from debt. Those
Hillary Clinton offered a glimpse of what her 2016 campaign and presidential priorities would be — hypothetically, of course — while speaking at a Silicon Valley women’s conference Tuesday. Working
Determined Bay Area immigrant rights activists insisted Tuesday that a Texas judge’s ruling blocking President Obama’s executive action on immigration won’t deter them from assisting thousands in completing applications for
Former congressional candidate Ro Khanna has a new job and is engaged to be married. Khanna, 38, has joined Smart Utility Systems — a company with offices in Irvine and
Bay Area politicians are stepping all over themselves in heaping praise on Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-California. Lt. Governor Gavin Newsom praised her for having the “courage of her convictions and
Carly Fiorina blazed a trail as the first woman to lead a Fortune 20 company, but the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard now seems to have an even bigger “first-ever” achievement
Two years ago, Jim Brulte chastised his party for losing seats to laziness. “There were three Assembly seats that were lost because we got lazy,” Brulte said shortly after taking
California GOP chairman Jim Brulte, widely credited with reviving the state Republican party’s fortunes, announced Monday that he would seek reelection to the post. Brulte highlighted the party’s recent victories
A newly-elected Bay Area lawmaker isn’t reveling in the perks of public office. She’s forgoing two of the best bonuses afforded to members of the California Legislature. As her first act
A Sikh university student has sued the U.S. Army, saying he cannot join the Reserve Officer Training Corps unless he violates his religious beliefs by removing his turban, shaving and
It was, as one political observer called it, the “meh election” in California — a mismatch in the state’s marquee race, a nasty and largely confusing fight over health care
As Americans go to their mid-term polls on Tuesday 4 November, Democrats are bracing for bad news. The president’s popularity ratings are low and Democrats might lose control of the
After several months of relative calm, the 16th Assembly District race has turned fiesty — and flush with donations — in the run up to Election Day. Over the past
Neel Kashkari almost certainly will lose to Gov. Jerry Brown next week, but political experts say he could leave a lasting mark on how California Republicans run for office. Kashkari
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