Santa Clara County Local News

Pharmacy benefit managers attempt to negotiate cost savings for insurers. California is considering new rules that would require them to pass their discounts on to consumers.

About 4 in 10 Californians are carrying medical debt. Lawmakers are advancing a bill that would prevent that debt from affecting credit scores.

A trio of California Democratic lawmakers say they’re frustrated by high cost estimates that helped kill their health care legislation. Did the Newsom administration inflate the numbers to quietly kill the bills?

In the final week of session, legislators are debating whether to give more leeway to public school teachers when to report students to law enforcement. Supporters say disabled and students of color are unfairly disciplined, but opponents say school safety is at risk.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to using state resources to fight crime on a local level. Not everyone in the cities he’s taken an interest in is thrilled with the results.

Birth centers are popular options for families who want to deliver a baby outside of a hospital. Nineteen of them closed in California in the past decade, deepening the state’s maternity care crisis.

Despite support for Proposition 36 on the November ballot, meant to rollback elements of Proposition 47, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen voiced his support for the 2014 criminal justice reform measure.

Efforts to increase staffing to the budgeted positions continue to fall short.

West Valley College announced the launching of its Senior Guided Pathways program of free classes for seniors.

A look at the life of a 7-year-old member of a family living in a homeless encampment in San Jose.

A plan by Santa Clara County to acquire a City of San Jose-owned homeless tiny house site to be used for a jail diversion plan was put on hold following strong opposition from nearby residents.

As no candidates have filed to run for two seats held by incumbents who are running for a new term, the Saratoga City Council voted on August 21 to cancel the election for the seats and reappoint the incumbents to a new term.

The Palo Alto City Council is showing increased interest in a commercial vacancy tax to stimulate landlords in downtown Palo Alto to find tenants for vacant properties.

The Santa Clara County Public Health reported a dead rabid bat was found near downtown Palo Alto on August 13.

In their August 20 meeting, the Los Gatos Council, noting that the two councilmembers runing for reelection are unopposed, voted to cancel the election and appoint the two members to their seats for their next term.

The Sacramento Bee explains Proposition 6, the initiative to ban involuntary servitude.

California officials have warned students for years that for-profit schools may make misleading career claims — leaving them with “a mountain of debt” but no job. Still, many for-profit schools remain on the state’s list of recommended job training programs.

Improved video quality and expanded programming are coming soon to Saratoga’s community access TV station channels KSAR15 and. KEDU26.

A look at the local Mountain View area candidates and measure on the November ballot.

The City of Sunnyvale announced it is allocating almost $30 million towards the building of hundreds of affordable housing units.