William Gerry, a former San Jose city inspector, was convicted of extorting bribes and molesting children.

By officially prioritizing part-time work as a way for students to pay for college, the University of California moved closer this week to its goal of students avoiding burdensome loans by 2030.

On what they call Suspense File Day, legislators killed about 220 California bills on issues including education, health care, housing and workers.

In less than a month, the suspects held up at least seven San Jose small businesses – mostly smoke shops – stealing cash, cell phones and cigars, at gunpoint, according to prosecutors.

James Ahrens was charged with two felony counts of embezzling over $150,000 from Partners in Innovation, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that serves schools and educators across the U.S.

James Robert Cannon, 63, of San Jose, faces charges that he touched a teenage piano student in an appropriate sexual manner.

Judge Julie A. Emede, ruling in favor of the plaintiffs in a lawsuit brought against the city of Morgan Hill by former Mayor Steve Tate and three other residents, said the redistricting map approved by the council in March violates …

Former Sheriff Robert Earl Winter drew on his family history for his novel set in the Civil War.

California exempts many undocumented students from paying non-resident tuition at public colleges and universities, but gaps in the law deny exemptions to some undocumented and international students — even if they’ve lived in the state for more than a decade.

Mayor Sam Liccardo’s stated goal is to have 1,000 units of interim housing planned, under construction, or completed by the end of 2022.

A controversial law requiring all publicly held companies headquartered in the Golden State to have at least one woman on their board of directors has been ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge..

The female suspect got out of a car and told the elerly pedestrian that she reminded her of her mother and asked if she could give her a piece of her mother's jewelry.