Matthew Artz
San Jose Mercury News
Oakland, CA, United States
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California flirts with secession after Trump's triumph
There is no viable path to California independence, but that has stopped some secessionists from pressing the issue after the election of Donald Trump → Read More
Kamala Harris: State attorney general has thrived as a traditional politician
After a week of showing up to her new job in jeans and sneakers, Lateefah Simon got a surprise gift from her boss, Kamala Harris – her first business suit and a monogrammed scarf. → Read More
Legalized marijuana initiative leads in new state poll
Ballot initiatives that would make smoking marijuana for recreation legal for all adults and outlaw the death penalty have jumped out to big leads, according to two new polls released Wednesday night.Prospects look especially strong for Proposi → Read More
Loretta Sanchez battles Kamala Harris and Bay Area domination of California politics
Southern California, home to nearly 60 percent of the state’s residents, claims just two of the 10 statewide office holders. → Read More
California gun owners begin drive to repeal weapon laws signed by Gov. Jerry Brown
The group Veto Gunmageddon is circulating petitions at gun shops and firing ranges, seeking to overturn seven gun control laws Gov. Jerry Brown signed last month. → Read More
California gun control: New restrictions on firearms owners approved by lawmakers
Less than three weeks after the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the California Legislature on Thursday considered a raft of bills that aim to keep the state's citizens safer from deadly gun violence by placing sweeping new restrictions on firearms owners. → Read More
Bill Clinton arrives in San Francisco for fundraiser, Hillary Clinton to be in San Jose on Thursday
Bill Clinton is in San Francisco this morning headlining a fundraiser for his wife's presidential campaign, two days before Hillary Clinton is scheduled to visit San Jose. → Read More
Gov. Jerry Brown endorses Kamala Harris for U.S. Senate
Calling her 'a hell of a lawyer,' Brown becomes the latest high-profile Democrat to endorse Harris in advance of the June 7 primary. → Read More
California Senate primary likely to weed out the Republicans
With 34 candidates on the June 7 ballot, and only the top two vote-getters advancing to the general election, none of the three leading Republicans in the race have polled close to Democrats Kamala Harris, the state attorney general, or Loretta Sanchez, a 10-term congresswoman from Orange County. → Read More
Senate primary likely to weed out the Republicans
With 34 candidates on the June 7 ballot, and only the top two vote-getters advancing to the general election, none of the three leading Republicans in the race have polled close to Democrats Kamala Harris, the state attorney general, or Loretta Sanchez, a 10-term congresswoman from Orange County. → Read More
California voter registration soaring as June 7 primary approaches
More than twice as many people have registered to vote so far this year than in the first four months of 2012. The new voters are trending younger and Democratic -- and many of them registered on major dates in the primary season. → Read More
San Jose: Bernie Sanders continues call for 'political revolution'
Bernie Sanders thrilled thousands of supporters in San Jose Wednesday, urging support in California's upcoming primary because it could determine whether his political revolution has staying power. → Read More
Trump: Oakland one of world's most dangerous places
Presumptive Republican nominee says Oakland is one of the most violent cities in the world → Read More
Poll: Sanders trailing Clinton in Silicon Valley
Hillary Clinton has a 13 percentage point lead over Bernie Sanders in Santa Clara County, according to a poll released Wednesday by the Silicon Valley Leadership Group. The poll also found Clinton leading Donald Trump 64 percent to 20 percent. → Read More
Bernie Sanders picks San Jose for first major Bay Area rally
The Vermont senator will hold a free 1 p.m. rally Wednesday at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds. He will then head to Vallejo for an evening rally. → Read More
On California border, residents scoff at Trump's wall
As the presumptive Republican nominee continues to ride anxiety about illegal immigration all the way to the Republican presidential nomination, his call to fortify the entire U.S.-Mexico border with 'a beautiful' concrete wall -- at least 30-feet tall -- is scaring some of the people he says he's trying to protect. → Read More
Donald Trump still faces pockets of resistance in California farming belt
In a region that was never a perfect match for the presumptive Republican nominee, he still must assuage religious conservatives and farmers turned off by his behavior on the campaign trail and fearful of his pledges to deport illegal immigrants and revisit trade deals. → Read More
Clinton visits Bay Area with lots to lose in California primary
Hillary Clinton swept through the Bay Area Friday bashing Donald Trump, while trying to shore up support in advance of next month's California Democratic primary, where losing would reverberate all the way to November. Although Clinton only once mentioned her primary opponent Bernie Sanders by name, his supporters briefly made her 'feel the Bern' during her rally at Oakland's La Escuelita… → Read More
Clinton campaigning today in Oakland and San Francisco
The presumptive Democratic nominee will speak at an Oakland elementary school this afternoon before heading to San Francisco for two sold out fundraisers. → Read More
California now an afterthought after Cruz drops out following Trump win in Indiana
Donald Trump is now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee after a resounding victory in Indiana knocked out rival Ted Cruz and made California's upcoming Republican primary an afterthought. → Read More