The U.S. has become more politically polarized, but research shows people overestimate their differences and there is 'messy middle' majority of Americans who share overlapping political views.

Two democratic politicians are fighting to represent us in Washington. Today, Supervisor Connie Chan and State Senator Scott ...

Mission Local's food critic on some neighborhood gems; our panel provides a status check on San Francisco's downtown; the ...

To understand this race and the current state of the neighborhood, Crosscurrents host Hana Baba spoke with Oaklandside ...

Contra Costa County has decided to hire private security for election buildings after armed Department of Homeland Security officers hand-delivered a letter to the county clerk, demanding that they ...

The judge said he was "deeply troubled" by the mistakes and rushed nature of the case over the FBI's Hunter Biden probes — one of several politically charged DOJ actions ahead of the midterms.

An independent financial analysis of Oakland Unified School District highlights major issues with how the district is run.

Lifting wallets was part of Turturro's training for the film The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. In it, he plays a small-time thief who's also the primary caretaker for his ailing wife.

What happens in California could shape how America taxes the superrich. But will its billionaire tax fill state coffers — or ...

California has one of the slowest ballot counts in the country, sometimes taking weeks to complete. The count is getting faster though. A new state law pushed counties to tally most ballots within 13 ...

The districts that will decide control of the House and Senate next year are spread across the country. Voting officials in ...

Vance was first propelled onto the political scene as a result of his memoir about growing up in poor, rural southern Ohio.