San Joaquin County Statewide Articles

AN EAST SAN JOSE school district plans to close numerous campuses due to an enormous budget deficit.An Alum Rock Union School District committee is recommending closing 13 of its 21 schools due to declining student enrollment with families moving out …

Pop singing great Tony Orlando will be at the Hellenic Charity Ball in San Francisco this week to celebrate his Greek roots and accept honors from the Elios Charitable Foundation. Orlando, whose full name is Michael Anthony Orlando Cassavitis, imagines …

Child care centers across Los Angeles are offering free child care on election day to give parents a chance to vote. Here's how you can snag a spot.

Los Angeles voters are being asked to make decisions on several charter amendments and ballot measures that would significantly change the way government works. Here is what you need to know.

Ciara Lambright has a lot to worry about: Staying safe while living on the streets of San Francisco, trying to prevent people from stealing her belongings, and packing up her small cardboard bed before it gets swept away by police. …

Law enforcement agencies across the country are preparing for possible threats to election workers, violence at polling places and voter intimidation.

Her family's attorney said it was one small step forward in their legal battle.

BART has installed new fare gates at its San Francisco International Airport station that will help protect against fare evasion, the agency announced.The SFO station is now the ninth in the BART system to be outfitted with the new gates, …

With Rep. Adam Schiff of Burbank comfortably in the lead, the California Senate race hasn't been much of one at all.

Some polling locations could be affected by power shutoffs this week because of high winds that could increase wildfire activity. But officials say voting should not be interrupted.

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An invasion of anchovies has prompted Monterey’s harbor master to activate more than a dozen air pumps to add oxygen to the water, to prevent their mass suffocation.Hundreds of sea lions and pelicans are crowding the city’s waterfront, drawn by …

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit filed Monday against the city of Norwalk over its ban on new shelters and homeless housing.

Black, Latino, and low-income students are capable of excellence if exposed to a teaching approach that emphasizes problem-solving, collaboration and high expectations.

Santa Clara County’s Registrar of Voters Office and Office of Education said more than 7,000 16- and 17-year-olds have pre-registered to vote during the 2024 election cycle.Both county offices ran a youth voter education campaign, during which outreach teams visited …

A small plane reportedly made an emergency landing on Highway 85.

PG&E says about 15,000 customers in 17 counties may have their power shut off this week — including many on Election Day — because of high winds and dry conditions.PG&E implements what the utility calls Public Safety Power Shutoffs to …

Five people were rescued Sunday afternoon, but one man was reported missing and later found unresponsive inside the overturned vessel.

Election observers look over signatures at the Shasta County Clerk Registrar of Voters office in Redding on Oct. 30, 2024. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Independent expenditure committees have put nearly $100 million into legislative races, funding ads to support, and often attack, candidates. The outside, unlimited spending is increasing with each election.