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In a series of tweets that began at 7:28pm Wednesday, San Jose police reported that officers shot a carjacking suspect near West Hedding Street and Park Avenue, at the city's western boundary with Santa Clara.

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat who chairs the Assembly labor and employment committee, said that where labor organizing campaigns have failed in low-wage industries, the government needs to act. 

About 150 scholars are vetted as of this month, and about a dozen universities are ready to offer jobs to qualified Afghan instructors. but only two scholars, both referred from San Jose State, have arrived, one at UC Berkeley, the other at the University of Texas at El Paso. 

Police arrest suspect one hour later after neighbor spotted him hiding in her detached garage with a stolen bicycle.

The current representative for the 19th Congressional District, Lofgren will run for a 14th term in the new 18th Congressional District this year. That new district pairs parts of San Jose, including the downtown area, with a region of the state that is known for its strong agricultural base and growing Latinx population.

Robert Foster, 48, of Morgan Hill, pleaded no contest to a series of felony fraud charges in connection with his security business and will be sentenced to three years in county jail and two years of mandatory supervision. Foster will repay $1.13 million to Everest National Insurance and the Employment Development Department.

Second Harvest of Silicon Valley, which serves Santa Clara and San Mateo counties, is reporting an increase in requests for home delivery of free groceries, as more people are forced to isolate due to exposure or illness related to the omicron variant.

Starting Saturday, new federal rules also will require private insurers to cover the at-home coronavirus tests that Americans buy in pharmacies and other stores.

Throughout California, as COVID-19 infections deplete their staff of nurses, anesthesiologists and other essential workers, hospitals are canceling or postponing so-called 'elective' surgeries to repair injured knees and aching back, remove kidney or bladder stones, and repair cataracts or hernias, among other procedures.

In calling for a better coordinated effort to respond to a crisis in mental health services, supervisors voted unanimously to ask county staff to begin 'systemwide planning' to address mental health issues and shortages in the mental health care workforce.

Individuals appearing in person for a Superior Court hearing will still be allowed access to the courts, while individuals appearing to submit a pleading in person for filing with the court may enter only to place the pleading in the drop box.

Away from the constant media frenzy surrounding the Trial of the Decade, jurors in the Holmes trial in San Jose dealt with the disruption to their lives.

Campbell, a writer and musician, is curator of Beautiful Black Books as part of Poetry Center San Jose and conducts lectures, workshops in creative writing and spiritual verse.

Celebrated Silicon Valley lawyer Allen J. Ruby readies pre-trial arguments for Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith as her case likely will extend into the 2022 political season.

The governor’s California Blueprint bolsters the state’s ongoing work to address COVID-19, climate change, homelessness, inequality and fighting crime.