San Jose Inside

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Two newcomers, Margaret Abe-Koga and Betty Duong, win county supervisor races. In the Gilroy mayoral race, Greg Bozzo moves farther ahead of incumbent Marie Blankley.

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.

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.

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.

Liccardo's campaign said the Democratic House leadership on Nov. 6 called to invite him to fly to Washington D.C., to meet with Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.

Police Chief Paul Joseph said the arrest of Omar Torres on Election Day 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 letter of resignation from the City Council just before his arrest.

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 and videos revealed in an Oct. 1 police affidavit.

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

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 financially and that it’s permitted by federal laws for “restored lands.”

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.