Right around the time Hillary Rodham Clinton announced she was running for president, in the spring of 2015, a group of local women met in Mon…
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ message about taking money and influence out of politics has resonated mightily with voters across the country an…
Technocracy v. Democracy…While watching the sloppiest Super Bowl playing Squid remembers ever seeing, Squid’s relatively complex brain wandere…
While Donald Trump has largely stolen the national stage in the 2016 presidential election, there are dozens of races closer to home that will…
While Bernie Sanders' fundraising strategy—not taking gifts from the big banks or pharma execs he opposes—worked well in Iowa, money is still …
Voters agreed to change California’s term-limit system in 2012. Here’s what it means for the upcoming election.
When Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, and his wife, Watsonville City Councilwoman Karina Cervantez Alejo, arrive at the Weekly’s office …
It's become cliche to say politics is a blood sport, and maybe that's because it's proven time and time again, at a local and national level.
As Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, wraps up his third term—and his last as an assemblyman, per California's old system of term limits—h…
The Central Coast's open congressional seat has stolen the show in recent days, after Congressman Sam Farr announced he would retire after 23 …