Latest line: A good week for Evan Low, a bad week for Roger Benitez
Evan Low
Campbell assemblyman edges out Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian by a razor-thin 5 votes in a recount of 182,000 to make November ballot and face Sam Liccardo in key Silicon Valley congressional race.
Roger Benitez
Federal judge in San Diego is blocked from new criminal cases by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals after handcuffing a crying 13-year-old girl in court to warn her about drugs when she wasn’t charged with a crime.
Jan Sramek
Former Goldman Sachs trader pushing to construct a new city of 20,000 homes on farmland east of Fairfield turns in enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. But will Solano County voters give the OK?