San Jose Inside

Unprecedented approval for State Farm after L.A. fires means it can raise premiums in California next month.

San José Unified School District voters had approved a $72 parcel tax, which provides approximately $5 million a year, in 2016. The tax expires June 30.

The settlement relates to a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II grant that Vimaan Robotics obtained from the National Science Foundation.

California lawmakers called an informational hearing on mental health services at Kaiser Permanente, but the company didn’t attend.

The San Jose Police Officers’ Association said the stabbing suspect was on probation and was wanted on a felony warrant.

The DA's Cold Case Unit said the body of Jeanette Ralston, then 24-years-old and living in San Mateo, was found in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle near a San Jose apartment complex in 1977. Police said she had been strangled and raped, and the killer had tried unsuccessfully to burn the car.

It’s been five months since California’s legislative leaders deemed affordability an “urgent” issue for the session. So far: committees, bills, but few results.

Acrylamide caused cancer in animals in studies where animals were exposed to acrylamide at very high doses. Dietary acrylamide forms from sugars and an amino acid that are naturally present in food and can form in some foods during high-temperature cooking processes, such as frying, roasting and baking, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

In the settlement approved last week, Sun Bum was ordered by the court to pay $300,000 in civil penalties and to stop false advertising of any of its chemical sunscreens.

Republicans in the California Legislature are increasingly pushing Democrats on child sex crimes bills. The supermajority is growing more divided about it.

The House of Representatives voted to block the state’s ban on the sale of new gas-powered vehicles, challenging its rule-making authority.

State investigators report on ICE detention centers raises concerns about health care and poor record keeping.

In March, a  Nazi flag was hung on the north Morgan Hill overpass in where supporters of President Donald Trump had gathered for a political demonstration. 

The hardware giant’s stores in Santa Clara County were burglarized at least 15 times. A Home Depot in Emeryville was hit 24 times.

Gabby Chavez-Lopez led Anthony Tordillos by 706 votes in the special election, but won just 30% of the overall vote.