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A suite of five bills introduced this weeks seeks to protect election integrity from bad actors using AI, especially on social media.

With the March 5 primary election weeks away, one-third of Silicon Valley voters still don't know who they want to represent them in Congress—and there's a long list of heavyweights hoping to replace retiring Rep. Anna Eshoo.

Congressional candidate Charlene Nijmeh is connected to a fake newspaper that mirrors several other misleading websites created by her consultant with ties to Roger Stone and an extreme right-wing agenda.

Incumbent Councilmember Domingo Candelas, Surinder “Suri” Kaur Dhaliwal, Sukhdev Bainiwal and Tam Truong spoke to about 50 residents at a forum hosted by the community’s democratic club.

The San Jose City Council unanimously approved allocating $200,000 to remove roughly 20 people living by the Guadalupe River Trail and work with community partners to encourage residents to frequent the trail.

While Sunnyvale will ask voters to approve some changes to the city charter this November, a more significant overhaul could be coming in two years.

Palo Alto City Council voted to pursue a November ballot measure asking voters if they want to directly elect their mayor. That would change a tradition of having councilmembers pick a mayor among themselves .

Two San Jose cannabis dispensaries, MedMen and Herbs, have temporarily closed—and the city stands to lose millions in revenue if they go out of business.

As agents hunt for business in Southern California's slow real estate market, some are trying out new ways of tracking down leads. Others are quitting the industry.

The state is to implement long-awaited new guidelines in 2025 despite some calls for a year’s delay.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced consumer tools to help tenants and landlords understand how much rent can rise under a state law.

Here’s where they stand on the economy, crime and the border.

UC Merced will be highlighted on an Amazon Prime show that showcases universities around the world.

Journalism and democracy are undeniably intertwined. As the late media critic James Carey put it, “No journalism, no democracy; but, equally, no democracy, no journalism.”

If educator candidates are paid a living wage and receive plenty of support, they are more likely to remain in the profession.

There are different rules for the presidential contest and state races on the March 5 ballot. And each party has its own rules.

California’s utility regulators are exploring energy bill reforms that would structure charges based on household income. If done correctly, the change shift the cost for maintaining the grid to higher earners who can afford it.

California’s law that requires background checks when purchasing ammunition is back in place.

California State Parks has recommended $6.7 million for seven local nonmotorized trail projects in various cities, including Galt and Gilroy.

Sen. Mike McGuire of Healdsburg takes over as Democratic leader in the state Senate from Sen. Toni Atkins. He terms out in 2026, so has limited time to push his agenda.

States are plowing billions of dollars into a high-stakes health care experiment that’s exploding around the country: using scarce public health insurance money to provide housing for the poorest and sickest Americans.

The storm fed off of unusually warm waters as it grew. It also reached “bomb cyclone” status as it neared California.

Downtown Sacramento faces many challenges, but the growing number of small businesses, hotels, homes and other major developments signal its transformation, says the city’s mayor.

The Grateful Dead have broken the record for the most Top 40 albums to chart on the Billboard 200.

A handful of super powerful tropical storms in the last decade and the prospect of more to come has a couple of experts proposing a new category of whopper hurricanes: Category 6.