Updated 11/03/04 10:42 AM
BERKELEY – In Berkeley, where debates over personal liberty and free speech are part of city tradition, voters Tuesday crushed a measure that would have been a first step toward legalizing prostitution.

Updated 11/3/02 12:06 AM
BERKELEY - Berkeley residents, who already pay the highest property taxes in the state, sent a message to their mayor and city council Tuesday: don’t depend on us to keep the city afloat. As of 11 pm, the voters were rejecting four initiatives that would have helped fill city coffers.

BERKELEY - Berkeley voters may not be ready to move toward decriminalizing prostitution this year despite a highly publicized grassroots campaign. Judging from preliminary results, a wide majority rejected Measure Q, an initiative that would have made prostitution the lowest police priority.

Updated 11/02/04 11:25 PM
BERKELEY – Max Anderson jumped to an early lead Tuesday in the battle for the District 3 city council seat, signaling a possible end to the 20-year run for 93-year-old incumbent Maudelle Shirek.

Updated 11/2/04 10:43 PM
BERKELEY – A measure that would create a city agency to regulate the trimming and removal of trees was headed for defeat on Tuesday.

Updated Nov. 2, 2004 9:44 PM
BERKELEY -- The youth vote was expected to turn out in record numbers this year, but history has repeated itself and young voters stayed at home. Only ten percent of the electorate fell between the ages of 18 and 24 - the same proportion as in 2000, according to exit polls conducted for the Associated Press.

BERKELEY - With all eyes focused on the swing states today, voting in California had just a few stumbles. The heavy turnout caused long lines at some polling places. At others, voters had requests for paper ballots denied or were forced to cast provisional ballots when their names did not appear on voter lists.

BERKELEY - Instead of television ads, Election Watchdog, a consumer advocacy group campaigning against Proposition 64, has a 16-foot-high inflatable cigarette box that can be set up almost anywhere.

EL CERRITO - Brit Johnson considers himself a liberal democrat. He votes the line on state and foreign policy issues. But on local issues, especially those concerning the city budget, he said, he's becoming increasingly conservative.

BERKELEY -- As health insurance costs increase and the ranks of uninsured workers grow, California unions are putting their muscle behind Proposition 72, which will guarantee health care coverage for workers at large and mid-size companies.