proposition 30, but voters didn t say yes to all taxes. an attempt to tax soda in richmond failed, as did a statewide tobacco tax on the june ballot. new districts drawn by a citizens commission and the voter-approved top two primary system shook up races for congress and the state legislature, putting a record number of freshmen in the assembly and giving democrats a rare supermajority in sacramento. it was the beginning of realignment of the state s criminal justice system, and voters approved reform of the state s tough three strikes sentencing law. the economy sputtered but finally showed signs of improvement in the housing and job market, but in silicon valley, the highly anticipated facebook ipo fell flat. the city of stockton made headlines as the largest city in the u.s. to ever file for bankruptcy. and a deadly shooting at oikos university in oakland left seven people dead and a community in shock. and obama care was given the seal of approval by the u.s. supreme cou
proposition 30, but voters didn t say yes to all taxes. an attempt to tax soda in richmond failed, as did a statewide tobacco tax on the june ballot. new districts drawn by a citizens commission and the voter-approved top two primary system shook up races for congress and the state legislature, putting a record number of freshmen in the assembly and giving democrats a rare supermajority in sacramento. it was the beginning of realignment of the state s criminal justice system, and voters approved reform of the state s tough three strikes sentencing law. the economy sputtered but finally showed signs of improvement in the housing and job market, but in silicon valley, the highly anticipated facebook ipo fell flat. the city of stockton made headlines as the largest city in the u.s. to ever file for bankruptcy. and a deadly shooting at oikos university in oakland left seven people dead and a community in shock. and obama care was given the seal of approval by the u.s. supreme cou
good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. i m thuy vu. president obama s three-day swing through california this week taps campaign cash in silicon valley and hollywood d. the goal, helping democrats hold on in november. in the south bay, long time congressman mike honda is facing stiff competition from a fellow democrat with high-tech ties. and two republicans are among the challengers vying to stop jerry brown from winning a fourth term as governor. scott shafer takes it from here. primary elections are often unpredictable. in particular, because so few people tend to vote. early voting with mail-in ballots already landing this week. joining me is carla marinucci, josh richman, and scott detrow joip joining us from the capitol. well, folks, the president was in town this week. the last thing he did was an event at a walmart in mountain view. he was touting green energy. really didn t go down well with some of the liberal groups. well, yeah, he use the the walmart in m
good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. i m thuy vu. president obama s three-day swing through california this week taps campaign cash in silicon valley and hollywood d. the goal, helping democrats hold on in november. in the south bay, long time congressman mike honda is facing stiff competition from a fellow democrat with high-tech ties. and two republicans are among the challengers vying to stop jerry brown from winning a fourth term as governor. scott shafer takes it from here. primary elections are often unpredictable. in particular, because so few people tend to vote. early voting with mail-in ballots already landing this week. joining me is carla marinucci, josh richman, and scott detrow joip joining us from the capitol. well, folks, the president was in town this week. the last thing he did was an event at a walmart in mountain view. he was touting green energy. really didn t go down well with some of the liberal groups. well, yeah, he use the the walmart in m
good evening. and welcome to kqed newsroom. i m thuy vu. president obama s three-day swing through california this week taps campaign cash in silicon valley and hollywood d. the goal, helping democrats hold on in november. in the south bay, long time congressman mike honda is facing stiff competition from a fellow democrat with high-tech ties. and two republicans are among the challengers vying to stop jerry brown from winning a fourth term as governor. scott shafer takes it from here. primary elections are often unpredictable. in particular, because so few people tend to vote. early voting with mail-in ballots already landing this week. joining me is carla marinucci, josh richman, and scott detrow joip joining us from the capitol. well, folks, the president was in town this week. the last thing he did was an event at a walmart in mountain view. he was touting green energy. really didn t go down well with some of the liberal groups. well, yeah, he use the the walmart in m