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Many new faces for voters to choose among

Chris Heredia, John Cote, Peter Fimrite, Chronicle Staff Writers

Bay Area voters will have many new faces to choose from for city and county offices on June 3, but the most wide-open races are in Oakland and San Jose, where scores of candidates met Friday’s deadline to file their applications.

In Oakland, where rising violence and improving public safety top residents’ concerns, five of eight City Council seats are up for grabs. MORE