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11/20/2024

The City Council had the option of appointing a replacement for Omar Torres to serve out his full term until the 2026 elections, or to appoint an interim replacement in District 3 pending outcome of a special election in April …

11/20/2024

Prosecutors said Mountain View police believe that Franklin Enrique Sarceno Orla may have assaulted many more victims and are asking those people to come forward.

11/20/2024

Gov. Newsom just bought a $9 million house in Marin County, but his sources of income haven’t been made public recently. He had pledged to release his tax returns, but hasn't since 2021.

11/18/2024

More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it’s estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent.

11/18/2024

As e-commerce continues to grow, so does the way people pay on the internet. Long gone are the days when a credit card or PayPal was your only option.

11/18/2024

While economic and border security concerns appear to have moved Latinos in California toward Donald Trump, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re abandoning the Democratic Party.

11/18/2024

In addition to money Google spent lobbying the Legislature and governor from July through September during a media bill fight, it also showered elected officials with $107,500 in campaign cash on one day in September.

11/14/2024

The California Secretary of State reports that more than 1.5 million of the 2024 Election Day no-shows were in California.

11/14/2024

In Gilroy, first-term Mayor Marie Blankley fell farther behind Greg Bozzo Wednesday as ballot-counting headed to the final days.

11/12/2024

Nine of the 16 races that will determine which party controls the House of Representatives are in California. No state takes longer to tally votes.

11/07/2024

Gov. Gavin Newsom wants the new Legislature to ‘protect’ California from Donald Trump on civil rights, reproductive freedom, climate action, and immigrant families. The session will start Dec. 2.

11/07/2024

California sued the Trump administration more than 100 times in his first term and secured some major victories on the environment, immigration and health care.

11/06/2024

Police Chief Paul Joseph said the arrest of Omar Torres Tuesday afternoon came just one day after a man told police that when he was a child, he had been sexually assaulted by Torres for several years. Torres sent a …

11/05/2024

Big turnout propelled many candidates to big leads early.

11/05/2024

Preliminary, unofficial results in the first published returns at 8:15pm from Santa Clara and San Mateo counties showed Liccardo with 95,706 votes and Low with 64,528 votes, a nearly 60%-40% margin.

11/05/2024

Torres was arrested for lewd acts with a child and is being held without bail tonight. It remained unclear this evening whether the arrest Tuesday afternoon was based on new revelations of sexual misconduct or on Torres' sexually explicit emails …

11/05/2024

The state will see multiple wind events through the middle of the week, and its biggest cities may face quickly growing wildfires.

11/05/2024

Published in cooperation between Valuewalk and San Jose Inside The Koi Nation’s plans to build a $600 million casino in Sonoma County have ignited a fierce debate. The small tribe, which lacks land, claims it needs the casino to survive …

11/04/2024

Shasta County supervisors hired an elections chief without experience just months before the election. While the most high-profile election conspiracies emanate from swing states like Michigan and Georgia, the battle over democracy continues to rage across California.

11/04/2024

Valley Transportation Authority will be offering free rides on Election Day, starting at 7am when the polls open and will continue through 8pm when the polls close.

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