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Vice President Biden, President Obama In Bay Area This Week For Fundraisers

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Vice President Joe Biden will be in San Francisco Tuesday evening for a Democratic fundraising event, three days before President Barack Obama will be in town for the same purpose.

Biden is scheduled to attend a 7 p.m. event at an undisclosed residence in San Francisco to raise money for the Democratic National Committee.

The vice president was in Los Angeles Tuesday morning and also has a stop at California State University, Bakersfield planned Tuesday afternoon before coming to San Francisco, according to a schedule provided by the White House.

Obama is then coming to the city for a DNC event on Friday at the W Hotel.

The event, with musical guest Maxwell, has tickets that start at $500, according to an invitation on the DNC's website.

Obama was most recently in the Bay Area in July, also to raise money for fellow Democrats.

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