The statement blew up online, prompting condemnation from a host of community leaders, including Chu’s opponent in the county supe race.

The decision to close the maternity ward was announced April 1. The ward’s last planned day of operation will be May 30. 

Election officials are still working on tallying up the more than 493,000 ballots cast in the March 3 primary, which saw a 51 percent turnout.

Kansen Chu garnered more than a third of the total vote count, a haul of 13,135 ballots, while Otto Lee hung back at 28 percent.

Supervisor Dave Cortese’s impending departure from the county board has drawn a crowded field of aspiring successors.

Magdalena Carrasco said she had no other choice after inheriting a predatory loan upon her mother’s death from cancer in 2018.

The Bay Area Municipal Elections Commission has unveiled a list of preferred candidates in the upcoming March primary.

Despite being a no-show Monday, Otto Lee won the Silicon Valley Democratic Club endorsement in the D3 supervisor race.

Kansen Chu sent local pols scrambling to rethink their 2020 plans when he opened up about his decision to eschew another term in the Assembly.

We’re still 16 months from the 2018 primary, but a huge group is already lining up to run for two county supervisor seats.