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Tom Campbell’s campaign planned large events for Thursday and Friday. Jerry McNerney spoke to reporters about a December trip to Afghanistan. Robert Beadles filed a lawsuit regarding his arrest over allegedly stolen property. Elizabeth Emken was profiled in a local paper, and more

John Perez is the next Speaker of the Assembly and also the first openly gay official to hold the post. Arnold Schwarzenegger delivered his final State of the State address this week with the help of a former Reagan speechwriter. Contra Costa Times reporter Josh Richman liveblogged the event. In the speech, the governor outlined

Larry Pegram, a former San Jose city councilman that plans to run for the Republican nomination to challenge Jerry McNerney next fall, co-founded and served as president of an organization called the Values Advocacy Council, which gets a passing mention on his campaign website. Unfamiliar with the organization and Pegram as well, which his campaign

Legal defense lawyers for Proposition 8 supporters were handed a major defeat in court as a judge refused to dismiss efforts to overturn the voter-approved Proposition 8 ballot initiative. Prop. 8 supporters may want to ask for their money back as attorney Charles Cooper offered a ridiculous argument against marriage equality: After two hours of

Slain gay rights activist and former San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk was honored by the California legislature by making his birthday, May 22, “Harvey Milk Day” and the governor signed the bill. Milk, the first openly-gay elected official in the United States, is also the only such person to be bestowed such an honor in

Lawyers for the Yes on 8 campaign in last year’s proposition fight are trying to prevent the disclosure of strategy documents that may shed light on the campaign’s motives for stripping rights away from gay and lesbian couples in California. Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker issued the order Oct. 1 at the request of