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State Assemblywoman Lori Saldaña says the decision last month to abandon her challenge of San Diego County Supervisor Ron Roberts had nothing to do with her perceived fundraising disadvantage.

Plans to place two tax increases before Lemon Grove city voters June 8 died last night after failing to muster enough support on the Lemon Grove City Council.

With two teenage girls found dead in the past week, the calls to action are growing louder.

State Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner yesterday explained his shift on two key issues as he positions himself as the “true conservative” in the campaign for the Republican nomination for governor.

Steve Poizner on Monday hailed his weekend endorsement by the conservative California Republican Assembly as affirmation that he is the true conservative in the campaign for the Republican nomination for governor.

A San Diego lawmaker is introducing legislation that would ban future public subsidies to NFL teams in California unless the league scuttles its television blackout policy for those clubs.

San Diego is poised to set a regional water conservation benchmark by forcing developers of new multifamily and mixed-use complexes to install water meters for each unit.

With just a few days before the filing deadline, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis is poised to waltz into a third term, no challenger in sight.

Escondido is coping with unprecedented budget cuts by turning to volunteerism.

A brick — the Royal Treatment award — to Supervisor Pam Slater-Price for stepping in a politically loaded cow pie on her way to the opera. Kicking the goop off her stilettos won’t be easy. But it can be done.

After months of changing her mind over whether or not to run for county supervisor, San Diego school trustee Shelia Jackson has once again declared her candidacy.

The Sacramento County district attorney says Republican state Sen. Roy Ashburn's blood-alcohol level was .14 percent when he was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near the Capitol.

State Attorney General Jerry Brown, the once and possibly future governor, said yesterday his only priority for a second stint as governor is to “take up the budget and wrestle it to the ground.”

Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman is criticizing Democrat Jerry Brown for failing to be specific about how he would solve California's problems.

State Assemblyman Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, yesterday ended months of speculation and announced a bid for the 36th state Senate seat, which straddles San Diego and Riverside counties.

San Diego City Councilwoman Donna Frye says she will not run for a seat on the county Board of Supervisors, deflating a marquee political matchup in the June 8 election.

Faced with an unprecedented budget deficit that needs to be reconciled before the fiscal year ends in three months, the Escondido City Council Wednesday night slashed $1 million from police and fire services and code enforcement.

San Diego City Councilwoman Donna Frye says she will not run for a seat on the county Board of Supervisors.

Poway council member named in second claim

Attorney General Jerry Brown has advised California’s city council members and county supervisors that they can pay themselves flat-rate auto allowances rather than go through the process of tracking mileage on public business and being reimbursed for it.