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| Dec.12 |
San Francisco |
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee dead at 65 
Map of San Francisco General Hospital San Francisco The city’s first Asian American mayor and the man who presided over the recent tech boom, died early Tuesday morning after suffering a heart attack
| News of unexpected death shocked and saddened city officials, many of whom respected the moderate mayor even when he was their political adversary. Board of Supervisors President London Breed became acting mayor, effective immediately
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| Nov.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
State of the City: Mayor Schaaf speaks of a ‘resilient’ Oakland |
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Twitter |
Twitter employee 'deactivated' Trump account on last day |
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| Feb.2 |
San Francisco |
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quits Trump advisory council |
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| Jan.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland mayor hires new police chief after 7 months
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| Dec.20 |
SF City Hall |
San Francisco names LAPD veteran as new police chief |
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| Dec.14 |
Tesla |
Silicon Valley tech leaders meet with President-elect Donald Trump |
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| Dec.4 |
Oakland City Hall |
Mayor says criminal investigation activated in Ghost Ship fire 
During a press conference, Libby Schaff announced the city's DA activated a criminal investigation team to look into the Ghost Ship fire
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| Nov.14 |
SF City Hall |
San Francisco mayor says election will not change the city |
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| Jun.17 |
Oakland City Hall |
Acting Oakland police Chief Paul Figueroa withdraws from position
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| Jun.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland’s new Police Chief Fairow removed from job
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| May.19 |
SF City Hall |
SF mayor announces police chief's resignation following latest fatal police shooting The breaking point for San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr came Thursday after his officers shot and killed a woman
| The new acting Chief of Police is Toney Chaplin, who has spent more than 20 years with the dept.
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| Jan.22 |
SF City Hall |
S.F. D.A. charges former city official, staffer with bribery |
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| Nov.3 |
SF City Hall |
San Francisco to re-elect mayor amid development worries Ed Lee is favored to win re-election even as the ballot reflects deep concern over the tech-driven development he's championed in his 5 year...
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| Aug.4 |
SF City Hall |
'Shrimp Boy' Accuses San Francisco Mayor In Bid To Dismiss Case Attorneys for Raymond Chow filed a motion that claims the FBI has evidence of SF officials accepting illegal money, but feds refuse to go after them
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| Jul.8 |
SF City Hall |
Ed Lee laid much of blame on Sheriff |
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| Jul.1 |
San Francisco |
Former St. Sen. Leland Yee, D has accepted plea deal
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| Jan.6 |
San Jose City Hall |
Liccardo's inaugural mantra: 'We are San Jose' |
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| Nov.10 |
San Jose City Hall |
Dave Cortese conceded close San Jose mayor's race| Santa Clara County Supervisor Dave Cortese conceded the close San Jose mayor's race with city councilman Sam Liccardo | |
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| Nov.5 |
Oakland Downtown |
Libby Schaaf declared victory in Oakland mayor's race Map of Lake Merritt Oakland Surrounded by her supporters and campaign staff, Libby Schaaf declared victory in the Oakland mayor's race
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San Jose City Hall |
Sam Liccardo declares victory; Dave Cortese not conceding |
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| Mar.31 |
San Francisco |
Leland Yee appears in court, bail kept at $500,000 |
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| Mar.26 |
San Francisco |
State Sen. Yee indicted on public corruption charges | A series of search warrants are being executed by the FBI across the Bay Are. They are making numerous arrests in a widespread sweep. In a stunning criminal complaint, State Sen. Leland Yee has been charged with conspiring to tr... | |
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| Feb.11 |
Western Span |
Willie Brown Bridge now open |
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| Nov.8 |
Santa Clara |
Former County Supervisor sentenced to one year in jail |
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| Oct.16 |
East Bay |
Governor halts AC Transit strike plans |
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| Oct.8 |
East San Jose |
Jimmy, Rosalynn Carter hammer away at homelessness |
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| Sep.10 |
Western Span |
Bay Bridge span, against Gov. Brown's wishes, set to be renamed |
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| Jul.29 |
Giants |
Obama honors the Giants at the White House |
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| Jul.12 |
San Francisco |
Napolitano to head University of California |
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| May.8 |
Oakland City Hall |
Oakland police chief steps down |
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| Mar.1 |
San Jose City Hall |
Shirakawa used public funds to fuel gambling habit |
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| Aug.16 |
SF City Hall |
Ethics Commission: Mirkarimi guilty of misconduct
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| Mar.19 |
San Francisco |
Sheriff Mirkarimi sentenced for false imprisonment |
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| Feb.7 |
Oakland City Hall |
'Anonymous' hacks personal info of Oak. Officials |
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| Jan.13 |
SF City Hall |
Mirkarimi charged with domestic violence| DA George Gascon's office is charging Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi with domestic violence battery, child endangerment and dissuading a witness | |
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| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
Sheriff Mirkarimi sworn in under cloud |
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| Nov.9 |
SF City Hall |
Ed Lee wins San Francisco mayor's race Ed Lee has been declared the winner of the mayor's race with 61.21 percent of the vote
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| Aug.8 |
SF City Hall |
Ed Lee announces run for SF mayor
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| Apr.26 |
SF City Hall |
Greg Suhr named new S.F. police chief
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| Feb.17 |
Redwood City |
Obama meets with Silicon Valley tech elite President Barack Obama invited Steve Jobs, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Google CEO Eric Schmidt
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| Feb.1 |
San Jose City Hall |
Department veteran becomed police chief
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| Jan.9 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief named district attorney George Gascon was sworn as San Francisco's new district attorney in what Mayor Gavin Newsom called his final mayoral act
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| Jan.7 |
SF City Hall |
Lee tentatively named interim SF mayor The supes has tentatively selected City Administrator Ed Lee as interim mayor, the first Asian-American mayor in San Francisco history
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| Jan.3 |
Oakland City Hall |
Quan sworn in as Oakl first female mayor |
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| Dec.2 |
San Francisco |
Man gets 21 months for Pelosi threats |
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| Nov.10 |
Oakland City Hall |
Quan scores upset win in mayor's race City Councilwoman Jean Quan has been elected as Oakland's next mayor following a days-long process of redistributing votes
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| Nov.4 |
San Francisco |
Harris in front as next attorney general
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| Jun.2 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor's Proposes Job, Program Cuts |
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| Apr.7 |
SF Tenderloin |
Man Arrested Over Pelosi Threats |
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| Mar.26 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom, Unions Reach Furlough Agreemt
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| Mar.13 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom Announces Lt. Gov. Run
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| Dec.1 |
Campbell |
Nation's Youngest Openly Gay Mayor |
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| Oct.30 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom Ends Run For Governor |
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco |
Ammiano Won't Apologize For Heckling
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| Apr.3 |
San Francisco |
Ed Jew Sentenced To More Than 5 Years
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| Mar.27 |
Coliseum |
Mayor forgoes speech at officers' funeral
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| Feb.25 |
Newsom |
Newsom, Villaraigosa rivalry growing |
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| Dec.20 |
SF City Hall |
Police chief to retire |
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| Jul.26 |
Newsom |
Newsom marries actress Siebel in Montana 40-year old San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to marries 34-year-old Jennifer Lynn Siebel at Siebel's parents' ranch
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| Jun.27 |
Oakland City Hall |
Embattled City Administrator Out Of Job Mayor Ron Dellums placed Deborah Edgerly on administrative leave. The 56-year old Edgerly tried to protect her nephew, a gang member
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| Jun.6 |
SF Zoo |
Director Quits 6 Months After Tiger Attack
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| Jan.2 |
San Francisco |
Rep. Lantos retires due to cancer |
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| Jan.1 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom engaged to actress Siebel San Francisco Mayor proposed to actress Jennifer Siebel in Hawaii and the couple are now engaged to be married
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| Dec.11 |
Vallejo |
Judge: Cloutier Out, Davis In As Mayor |
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| Dec.6 |
Vallejo |
Mayoral election overturned after recount
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| Nov.13 |
San Francisco |
Gov. Halts Bay Fishing; Blasts Oil Spill |
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| Nov.6 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom re-elected as mayor The mayor has been re-elected after easily eclipsing a field of candidates that included a colorful cast of characters but no serious rivals
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| Nov.2 |
San Francisco |
Bill Clinton Promotes Hillary, Book |
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| Oct.12 |
SF Downtown |
Al Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize |
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| Oct.11 |
San Francisco |
Gore Speaks In SF Amid Nobel Speculation |
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| Sep.25 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Suspends Supervisor Ed Jew
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| Sep.20 |
SF City Hall |
Ed Jew Faces Fed Charges Mayor Gavin Newsom called on embattled Supervisor to resign in the face of new federal extortion charges on top of state charges
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| Sep.10 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom Asks Over 100 Staffers To Resign Mayor, who faces scant competition in the election, was asking all of his more than 100 political appointees to resign before his first term...
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| Jun.20 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor calls cocaine accusation cheap shot
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| Jun.12 |
San Jose |
Charges Dropped Against Ex-Mayor |
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| Mar.17 |
Oakland Downtown |
Presidential Hopeful Obama Campaigns |
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| Feb.1 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom's sorry |
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| Jan.31 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor's aide resigns after affair Alex Tourk is revealing he had knowledge about an affair that his wife had with Newsom
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| Jan.9 |
San Jose City Hall |
Reed Sworn In As Mayor |
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| Nov.21 |
Richmond |
Mayor Concedes 2 Weeks After Election |
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| Nov.8 |
Berkeley |
Mayor Tom Bates re-elected |
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| Nov.7 |
San Jose City Hall |
Reed Leads Chavez To Become Mayor
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| Jul.29 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Gives Blair Key To City
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| Jun.28 |
San Jose City Hall |
Council Votes To Ask For Gonzales' Resign |
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| Jun.22 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor Indicted For Bribery, Conspiracy Gonzales was indicted on six counts stemming from a probe involving a secretly-negotiated city garbage contract
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| Jun.16 |
Oakland City Hall |
Dellums Winner In Mayor Race
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| Mar.17 |
Oakland |
Chertoff Concerned About Bay Area Ports |
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| Mar.8 |
Oakland |
Woman Says Mayor Broke Her Phone |
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| Feb.25 |
San Jose |
Gov. Talks 'Boldness' At GOP Convention |
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| Jan.29 |
SF Downtown |
Hillary Clinton spoke at fundraising event |
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| Jan.19 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Accuses Conductors Of Stealing
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| Dec.15 |
San Francisco |
New Archbishop From Salt Lake City |
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| Dec.13 |
San Jose City Hall |
City Council Censured Gonzales |
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| Dec.10 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor Apologizes For Garbage Contract |
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| Oct.13 |
SF City Hall |
Treasure Island Director Fired |
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| Jun.14 |
San Jose City Hall |
Investigation Probes Mayor's Trash Deal |
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| Jun.2 |
SF Downtown |
Mayor Opens Environmental Conference |
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| May.13 |
San Francisco |
Archbishop Levada new Vatican enforcer
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| Feb.4 |
San Francisco |
Kevin Shelley Announced Resignation |
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| Jan.18 |
San Jose City Hall |
Councilman resigns, agrees to charges |
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| Jan.5 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor Newsom and wife filing for divorce |
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| Oct.25 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor vows to join pickets to end lockout |
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| Jul.15 |
San Francisco |
Brown to run for insurance commissioner |
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| Apr.12 |
SF City Hall |
Vet named department's first female chief |
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| Mar.30 |
SF City Hall |
Former SFPD chief Fagan Sr. retires |
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| Jan.28 |
San Jose City Hall |
Mayor suffers mild stroke during speech
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| Jan.18 |
SF City Hall |
Mayor replaces police chief, names woman |
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| Jan.10 |
SF City Hall |
Newsom named woman as Fire Chief |
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| Jan.8 |
SF City Hall |
Gavin Newsom takes office as mayor
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| Dec.9 |
SF City Hall |
Gavin Newsom New San Francisco Mayor Supervisor Gavin Newsom, 36, beat rival Matt Gonzalez and will replace outgoing mayor Willie Brown
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| Jun.27 |
SFO |
Bush makes quick dash in collecting money |
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| Jun.2 |
Oakland City Hall |
State takes over Oakland schools |
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| May.2 |
Santa Clara |
Bush speaks at United Defense Industries |
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| Dec.6 |
Berkeley |
Mayor apologizes for trashed newspapers |
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| Sep.16 |
Alameda |
Mayor dies; police say possible suicide |
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| Jul.11 |
SF City Hall |
Earl Sanders Nominated as Police Chief |
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| Apr.30 |
Santa Clara |
Bush spoke about tax cuts |
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| Mar.5 |
Oakland City Hall |
Mayor Jerry Brown easily wins re-election
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San Jose City Hall |
Gonzales wins another term as mayor
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