Sunday, May 13, 2012
Learn more about Chris Pareja, a candidate for the open seat in the 15th Congressional District.
Join San Ramon Patch Editor Patrick Creaven at 1 p.m. Monday for a live online chat with Chris Pareja, a conservative running for Congress in the 15th Congressional District. Pareja will answer questions from Creaven, and readers will be able to comment and post questions as well. You can also submit questions ahead of time via the comments section below. On Friday, Patch live chatted an interview with Eric Swalwell, which you can read here.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Join now to submit questions for Patch's interview with Swalwell, who is campaigning to represent the 15th Congressional District.
Join San Ramon Patch Editor Patrick Creaven now until 4 p.m. for a live online chat with Eric Swalwell, Dublin City Council member and candidate for the 15th Congressional District. Swalwell will answer questions from Creaven on the campaign, his political philosophy and local and national issues. Readers will also have an opportunity to ask Swalwell questions. On Monday, Patch will live chat an interview with congressional candidate Chris Pareja at 1 p.m.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Sign up now for an email reminder to join Patch's live online interview with Congressional candidate Eric Swalwell.
Join San Ramon Patch Editor Patrick Creaven at 3 p.m. Friday for a live online chat with Eric Swalwell, Dublin City Council member and candidate for the 15th Congressional District. Swalwell will answer questions from Creaven, and readers will be able to comment and post questions as well. You can also submit questions ahead of time via the comments section below. On Monday, Patch will live blog an interview with candidate Chris Pareja at 1 p.m.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Eric Swalwell's campaign wants an apology from Pete Stark for some of the statements the congressman made during the 15th Congressional District debate in Hayward Tuesday night.
In the first debate for the open seat in California's new 15th Congressional District, the 40-year veteran congressman and the 31-year-old Dublin City Councilman traded verbal blows, while the conservative candidate did his best to stay out of the squabble. That's a short summary of the Contra Costa Times report on the debate hosted by the League of Women Voters in Hayward Tuesday night. Rep. Pete Stark, Democrat Eric Swalwell and conservative businessman Chris Pareja debated health care, the economy and immigration, among other issues. From reports, Swalwell was tough on Stark, saying the congressman has become “out of step, out of touch and out of sight.” Stark told the audience, “What you want is somebody who’s dependable, who’s been …
Friday, March 30, 2012
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum held a fundraiser in Alamo on Thursday.
Someone from inside the massive home where GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum was at Thursday came to the front porch to announce that he had started speaking. Reporters outside couldn't hear his voice, but cheers and claps were coming from inside. Santorum was at the Alamo home of Ubokia.com CEO Mark Pine and his wife Becky for a private fundraiser. Admission ranged from $125 to $2,500. Organizers were expecting a couple hundred people and said later that evening that turnout was better than expected. Attendees added that the room where he spoke was packed. Members of the media, however, were not allowed free access to the event. Some of the attendees Patch spoke with were confident Santorum would not only pull out the nomination, …
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Saturday, March 10, 2012
Supervisor Nate Miley faces opposition on the June ballot
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Saturday, March 10
By Bay City News Service Two longtime incumbents on the Alameda County Board of Supervisors will be returned to office without opposition because no one filed to run against them. However, another incumbent will be challenged by a deputy probation officer in the June election. District Five Supervisor Keith Carson, who was first elected in 1992 and represents Berkeley, part of Oakland, Albany, Emeryville and Piedmont, will begin his sixth term next January. District One Supervisor Scott Haggerty, who was first elected in 1996 and represents Livermore, Dublin, most of Fremont and unincorporated areas in the eastern part of tegin his fifth term next year. District Four Supervisor Nate Miley, who was first elected in 2000, is being opposed by…
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Rep. Pete Stark has been in Congress for 40 years, but Dublin's first-term City Council member wants his tenure to end.
Of all the Democratic primary battles for congressional seats in the country, it's hard to imagine there are many contests between two candidates more different than the one in California's new 15th congressional district. Rep. Pete Stark has been a mainstay in Washington for a generation. The 80-year-old liberal has served in Congress since 1973. Only four congressmen have been there longer. One can debate if Stark is as sharp intellectually as he's always been, but physically the years have clearly taken their toll. He battled pneumonia last year and walks with a limp. His challenger is 31-year-old Alameda District Attorney Eric Swalwell. The moderate is serving his first term on Dublin's City Council, his first elected position. He's a…
Friday, November 18, 2011
The unemployment rate in Alameda and Contra Costa counties was 10 percent last month. The two-county region added 2,600 jobs since September. But more than 140,000 East Bay residents are still job hunting without success.
Figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department showed a slight improvement in the East Bay jobs picture last month. The unemployment rate in Alameda County fell a tick from 10.2 percent in September to 10.1 percent in October. Joblessness in Contra Costa County also edged down from 10.1 percent in September to 10 percent in October. The unemployment rate reflects how many people in the region actively hunted for work in a given month but couldn't find any. The statewide unemployment rate in October was 11.7 percent, while joblessness nationwide registered 9.0 percent, according to the EDD. Alameda and Contra Costa counties are grouped together as one statistical zone. Together, they added 2,600 jobs between …
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Did anything surprise you? Are you happy with the results? What do the results mean for the future of Livermore? Tell us here in the comments section.
If the final, unofficial election results reported by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters stand, current Vice Mayor John Marchand will be elected the new mayor of Livermore and Laureen Turner, a park district board member, and Stewart Gary, a school district trustee, will fill the two open seats on the city council. Both the mayoral and city council race were tightly contested. For full results click here. Marchand currently holds a 302-vote lead over Barbara Hickman to become Livermore's next mayor. However, the race is too close to call. Alameda County Registrar of Voters Dave Macdonald said about 1,000 mail-in ballot still have to be counted. For more on the mayoral race click here. Turner and Gary edge out outgoing Mayor Marshall …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Laureen Turner and Stewart Gary will join city council.
Laureen Turner and Stewart Gary won a tightly-contested race for two open seats on the Livermore City Council, according to final results reported by the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. All 16 precincts have reported results, with turnout countywide holding at 27 percent. Turner has 28 percent of the votes cast. Gary is second with 26 percent of the vote. Both are followed by Bobby Burger, who has 23 percent of the vote and Marshall Kamena, who terms out as mayor this year and has 22 percent of the vote. Incumbent Jeff Williams is not running for re-election. He won his seat in 2007 against incumbent Lorraine Dietrich. The other incumbent, Marj Leider, terms out this year after being first elected in 2003. Burger is a retired Air Force…
Tim
3:31 pm on Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Oh and by the way, this should make your day "Frank"... http://www.scpr.org/blogs/news/2012/05/16/6154/authorities-raid-medical-marijuana-dispensary-font/ How's that Obama "Hope and Change" working out for you LMAO! more ›