GOP donor Charles Munger Jr. finds wealth buys few friends
A month after Charles Munger Jr. wrote his first $100,000 check to a political campaign, he got a taste of the chronic rejection familiar to California's big Republican donors: The 2005 ballot measure he backed lost by a landslide. Yet Munger, the son of a...
Jeb Bush Receives Warm Reception in Bay Area
Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush was in California’s Bay Area Wednesday and Thursday making his potential pre-presidential fundraising rounds. His trip came as he faced heat for supporting an Indiana law that Democrats, many Silicon Valley elites, and left-leaning media outlets allege permits discrimination against homosexuals. Bush has insisted that...
Jeb Bush visits Bay Area on super PAC fundraising sweep
Potential Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush arrived in the Bay Area on Wednesday, perhaps hoping the region might be as much of a fulcrum to political success as was Florida, where he was a two-term governor. It might be short on alligators and humidity, but...
Man who sued Comcast now wants over $5M, says ISP shouldn’t have smeared him
Just after his lawsuit failed to settle last week, aggrieved former Comcast customer Conal O’Rourke filed an amended civil complaint that stemmed from a year-long billing dispute with the ISP. But this time, he's now raised the demanded amount to more than $5 million. Previously,...
Bernie Sanders barnstorms Bay Area with socialist populist message
There are few places in the nation where a democratic socialist independent who’s mulling a presidential run would have more rock-star status than the Bay Area. Yet U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, is convinced that his populist message can resonate far beyond places like Berkeley...
South Asian Attorneys Honored at 22nd Annual SABA-NC Gala
Prominent local Indian American law professionals were honored at the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California’s 22nd Annual Gala at the San Francisco Design Center Mar. 6. The sold-out event attracted more than 300 attorneys, judges, politicians, and guests from throughout the region, including...