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![Under General Manager Carolyn Gonot, South Bay transit authority has repeatedly misled residents and even Board of Directors Under General Manager Carolyn Gonot, South Bay transit authority has repeatedly misled residents and even Board of Directors](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/SJM-L-VTAGRADS-1230-7.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: VTA needs new leader after San Jose BART extension debacles
Under General Manager Carolyn Gonot, South Bay transit authority has repeatedly misled residents and even Board of Directors
![State bills aim for meetings solely by teleconference, another step down the slippery slope toward secrecy State bills aim for meetings solely by teleconference, another step down the slippery slope toward secrecy](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/EBT-L-MARTDEV-0819-1.jpg?w=140)
Editorial: Stop eroding California’s Brown Act transparency law for local government
State bills aim for meetings solely by teleconference, another step down the slippery slope toward secrecy
![The hush-money verdict was a small victory for our system. Not because of the outcome, but because we reached an outcome. The hush-money verdict was a small victory for our system. Not because of the outcome, but because we reached an outcome.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Trump_Hush_Money_68174.jpg?w=140)
Editorial: Justice delayed — the other three Trump criminal cases also matter
The hush-money verdict was a small victory for our system. Not because of the outcome, but because we reached an outcome.
![Legislation President Biden signed Thursday will implement long-overdue and much-needed airport safety measures Legislation President Biden signed Thursday will implement long-overdue and much-needed airport safety measures](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sjm-l-sfo-1025-01.jpg?w=140)
Editorial: About 1,000 passengers could have died at SFO. Finally, Congress has acted
Legislation President Biden signed Thursday will implement long-overdue and much-needed airport safety measures
![State says it's open to using cheaper technologies as well to reach all Californians. Will officials follow through? State says it's open to using cheaper technologies as well to reach all Californians. Will officials follow through?](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/20100315__broadband1-1.jpg?w=131)
Editorial: California’s love affair with fiber threatens efforts to bridge digital divide
State says it's open to using cheaper technologies as well to reach all Californians. Will officials follow through?
![The rise of artificial intelligence may be inevitable but originators of the content should be entitled to compensation. The rise of artificial intelligence may be inevitable but originators of the content should be entitled to compensation.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/sjm-atGPT_104393400.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: We sued OpenAI to stop its exploitation of our work
The rise of artificial intelligence may be inevitable but originators of the content should be entitled to compensation.
![No, this isn’t Russia. This is right here in the Bay Area. And it is appalling. No, this isn’t Russia. This is right here in the Bay Area. And it is appalling.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EBT-L-DUBMASTER-2.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Dublin women’s prison closure rife with abuse and court secrecy
No, this isn’t Russia. This is right here in the Bay Area. And it is appalling.
![Districts call May 7 special elections that depress turnout and then mislead voters with deceptive ballot wording. Districts call May 7 special elections that depress turnout and then mislead voters with deceptive ballot wording.](https://www.mercurynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/SJM-L-AIELECTIONS-XX-5.jpg?w=132)
Editorial: Bay Area school officials’ shameful tax-election manipulations
Districts call May 7 special elections that depress turnout and then mislead voters with deceptive ballot wording.