A good week for Sam Liccardo, a bad week for John Fisher

Sam Liccardo

A new USC poll shows the San Jose former mayor with an 11-point lead over Assemblyman and fellow Democrat Evan Low in the closely watched battle to succeed Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, in Congress.

John Fisher

The owner of the Oakland A’s is cursed and reviled by fans as the team plays its final game in the Bay Area before he moves it to a temporary home in Sacramento and then presumably a final spot in Las Vegas.

Community college students

Their tuition is lower, but only 1 in 5 who intend to transfer to UC and CSU schools in four years can, due to bureaucracy and varying requirements, California’s state auditor finds.