Saratoga Mayor drops out of race to fill Liz Kniss' seat on the Board of Supervisors Former Saratoga Mayor Kathleen King has withdrawn from the race for Liz Kniss' seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, leaving former Palo Alto Mayor Joe...

Simitian, a former Palo Alto mayor who is now in the final year of his term in the state Senate, has raised more than $96,000 as of the end of 2011, compared to about $55,000 raised by his rival, Kathleen King. Simitian and King are vying for the seat...

Chang, a Cupertino city councilman who has vigorously fought pollution by the Lehigh Southwest Cement Company, is challenging state Sen. Joe Simitian for the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors seat. The fifth-district seat is currently held by...

The former San Mateo County supervisor has already lined up endorsements for his reelection campaign from numerous Peninsula officials, including U.S. Reps. Anna Eshoo and Zoe Lofgren, state Sen. Joe Simitian, Assembly members Jim Beall and Fiona Ma,...

More often than not, Santa Clara County Supervisor Liz Kniss finds herself explaining to taxpayers what county government does. In fact, she refers to the county as "the invisible level of government." "Most people know much about their city, but not...

View City Councilwoman Margaret Abe-Koga last week officially dropped her bid to run for Liz Kniss seat on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors and instead threw her support to state Sen. Joe Simitian, (D-Palo Alto). Kniss, whose District 5 seat...