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A driver who swerved off a road near downtown Palo Alto and crashed into a tree Thursday night is in serious but stable condition, police said.

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There are two tracks to becoming a Superior Court judge in California. One is to run for election when a judge steps down at the end of a six-year term.

A Mountain View man was arrested Wednesday night after he apparently ignored officers and drove onto a street sealed off for President Obama's motorcade.

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Dropping in to Silicon Valley for a 16-hour visit President Barack Obama landed at Moffett Field before heading to Atherton for a Hawaiian themed fundraising dinner.

REDWOOD CITY -- President Obama is making a final fundraising event Thursday morning before leaving the Bay Area with millions of dollars in his campaign war chest.

President Barack Obama is expected to attend a fundraiser at the Fairmont in San Jose Thursday.

Here's the White House pool report, just in from Peter Baker of the New York Times , describingA president's arrival in Atherton: A A A A Motorcade pulled up to the Goldman house after a drive through an exclusive neighborhood, down tree-lined roads and past houses with gated driveways and security pads for those seeking entrance.

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VIDEO: Dan Walters, in the latest video report , talks about Proposition 29, which would raise cigarette taxes $1 a pack.

So drivers shouldn't blindly embrace the theory that "six lanes will make this grinding traffic flow". Possibly the contrary is true.

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Unless you're hoping to get a fleeting glimpse of President Barack Obama, you might save yourself some agitation by staying out of downtown Redwood City and parts of Atherton today from mid-afternoon into the evening.

President Barack Obama will be at Palo Alto's Garden Court Hotel Wednesday, where he'll kick off a three-stop Bay Area money sweep.

Ed Flint has agreed to stay in Atherton as police chief, forgoing nearly $3,800 a month in retirement pay, because, he says, "it's the right thing to do." "It might sound a little corny, but I just didn't feel good about walking away from the organization when they've had such turmoil," Chief Flint said in an interview.

Atherton has begun the process of taking more control over its own fate by changing from a general law city, operating under pre-set state conditions, to a charter city, operating under conditions set by the town and approved by voters.

Both signed with Menlo College, an NAIA school in Atherton, Calif., this week, but will concentrate on one sport there.

President Barack Obama will be returning to the Bay Area this week to raise more money for his re-election campaign with three events on the Peninsula.