Latest line: Biden a winner, Facebook a loser
Joe Biden
Although 14 Democratic candidates for president flock to the Bay Area for the state Democratic Party convention seeking support, Biden, leading by 18 points over Bernie Sanders in national polling averages, plans an Ohio visit instead.
Social media giant comes under fire after it refuses to take down a doctored, intentionally misleading video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who later calls the company “willing enablers of the Russian interference in our election.”
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Silicon Valley’s largest water agency negotiates to buy Merced County land for potentially promising new groundwater bank. But district secrecy has environmentalists here and farmers there skeptical.