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Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Fremont, speaks alongside Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., during a news conference on the Epstein Files Transparency Act outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

Taves: To win Epstein files, Rep. Ro Khanna befriended Republicans, ignored fellow Democrats

The Silicon Valley congressman says some from his party rolled their eyes when he originally pushed his transparency bill.
Kenneth Binder, center right, is sworn in as the new San Mateo County Sheriff by San Mateo County Supervisor Ray Mueller at the San Mateo County Center in Redwood City on Nov. 12.

Opinion: San Mateo County shows why we shouldn’t be electing sheriffs

The fatal flaw in our current elect-the-sheriff model assumes voters have the same access to...
What remained of Oakland's Ghost Ship warehouse on Dec. 7, five days after a fire there killed 36 people.

Grief, glitter and Ghost Ship — a victim’s mother finds solace in the small things

Nine years after her daughter's death in the Oakland fire, Colleen Dolan shares how incidental...