The California Republican Convention begins this weekend in Burlingame with the theme “rebuild, renew, reclaim.” With Democratic Governor Jerry Brown boasting high approval ratings, Republicans face a tough road in
Talking Politics: Who’s Got It Better Than Jerry Brown? Nobody. Continue reading this article at KPIX 5
In anticipation of this weekend’s California Republican convention in Sacramento, we give you “Jeopardy – the GOP Edition.” Our Final Jeopardy answer: “Bobby Jindal, Harmeet Dhillon, Neel Kashkari.” Continue reading
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley will be the keynote speaker Mar. 20 at the San Francisco Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Reagan dinner. Haley – the nation’s first Indian American woman
Mounting his third straight bid to unseat Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, John Dennis likes to jest that if he and his fellow San Francisco Republicans were a species,
Venezuelan-American actress Maria Conchita Alonso stepped into a firestorm of controversy – and employment law issues – earlier this month agter endorsing Tea Party darling Assemblyman Tim Donnelly for governor
Brows were raised and eyes rolled back when needle exchange programs were first implemented to stop the spread of disease. Giving away free and clean syringes to heroin users seemed
One in seven Americans receives food stamps and on Friday, those benefits will drop. A small protest outside the federal building in Oakland Thursday highlighted a major crisis looming for
It’s easy to see why Palo Alto physicist Charles Munger Jr. got several standing ovations at this month’s California Republican Party convention. After tossing more than $1.5 million into state
As we heard earlier, even with a possible government shutdown looming tonight over the fate of the health care law, one thing won’t change: Money to implement the law has
For one thing, the attorney from San Francisco is a Sikh, a member of a distinctive ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent. She worried that voters wouldn’t be receptive to
Paul Pelosi, the wealthy husband of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, said he will soon fully pay back wages he promised to employees of the Sacramento minor league football team
News of the young Sikh couple who were thrown out of an AMC Theater in Emeryville, Calif. on June 22 for possessing a kirpan, a religious article of faith, has
We have been constantly hearing – in the months following the Republican Party’s latest national and statewide electoral rejection – the GOP may be on the brink of irrelevance (especially
The thought of being a Republican voter, much less a Republican leader, in blue California may be unappealing to some. The state is completely run by Democrats, Republican voter registration
The California Republican Party must transform itself to appeal to the new demographics of the state, said attorney Harmeet Dhillon, who was elected vice-chair of the state party Mar. 3
There were more GLBT Republican delegates at this past week’s state party convention in Sacramento than ever. San Diego’s Republican delegation was led by Susan Jester (president of the local
Last weekend, the California Republican Party held its convention in Sacramento. As it was nearby and featured a speech by neutered bogeyman Karl Rove, I went to the event and
The first stop was the first of the aforementioned candidates’ parties. Harmeet Dhillon is now almost a household name in these parts. On the face of it, she was an
The 11th Commandment, according to the gospel of former President Ronald Reagan, is an unwritten rule in the Republican Party discouraging public attacks on other Republicans, particularly GOP candidates. “Thou shalt
San Francisco Republican Party Chair Harmeet Dhillon made history over the weekend. She became the first woman to be elected vice chair of the state GOP. A practicing Sikh of
As we walked through the bland doors of the Hyatt Regency, we had no idea what was waiting for us on the other side. Imagine for one moment a Turkish
The California Republican Party on Sunday elected Indian born Harmeet Dhillon as their vice chair, making her the first woman as well as first person of Indian origin to be elected
California Republicans have elected a former state lawmaker as party chairman and charged him with leading a major turnaround effort. More than 1,000 delegates on Sunday elected Jim Brulte to
Harmeet Dhillon, a lawyer from San Francisco, was elected to become the party’s statewide vice chairman. In a recent posting on Facebook, Dhillon was accused of sympathizing with terrorists by
SACRAMENTO — One of Jim Brulte’s first acts Sunday as the newly elected leader of the California Republican Party was to hand-deliver a $50,000 check from a friend, with the
California Republicans are at a crossroads. We need to take a good look in the mirror and be honest with ourselves. We have many values and traits as Republicans that
After the thrashing California Republicans took at the polls in November, we have our work cut out for us. We should start by being honest with ourselves. After every election,
It has been almost 4 years to the day when a small group of Americans came together to protest the explosion of our government. The lack of representation on both
I spoke with Harmeet last night and this morning. The ACLU comments in the CRA letter are a misrepresentation of who she is. She is a Sikh. She believes all
