The Hastings College of Law Board of Directors this week voted unanimously to remove Hastings from the law school's name and replace it with San Francisco because of its founder's genocidal acts against Native Americans in the 1850s. The name change will require approval by the state Legislature and signature by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Andrew Binder, who will become the Palo Police Chief pending an Aug. 8 vote by the city council, has served with Palo Alto police for more than seven years after 18 years with the San Jose Police Department

A federal jury convicted 65-year-old Johnny Ray Wolfenbarger last August of attempted production of child pornography, the attempted coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in child pornography production, and the receipt of child pornography.

A Titan Arum, commonly known as a corpse flower, is expected to bloom in the next few days for the first time in San Jose State University's Biology Department tropical greenhouse, university officials said Friday. The 9-foot-tall plant, named Terry Titan, is expected to bloom sometime between Sunday

and Tuesday, staying open for only 24 to 36 hours. The flower, when bloomed, will smell like rotting flesh, harkening back to its name as the corpse flower.

Residents will not have to relocate during the treatment, which officials said poses minimal risk to people, pets, animals and the environment.

Police Chief Anthony Mata and Assistant Chief Paul Joseph were flagged down by the victim's girlfriend while driving on Coleman Avenue.

The grant fund will help improve public transportation connections to job centers, hospitals and other essential destinations from Caltrain, Amtrak and VTA stations.

Suspects in separate slayings on July 12 and July 15 were taken into custody without incident.

Hundreds of health care and support workers at Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City are striking today, calling for better working conditions and a new contract. Picketing began at 6 a.m. at the hospital located at 170 Alameda de las Pulgas. Nurses assistants, aides, surgical technologists, respiratory therapists, cooks and others took part in the demonstration, according to the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 829.

The officer, who has not been identified, was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.

San Jose police responded to a report of a shooting at 6am July 15 at the Plant Shopping Center in the area of Monterey Road and Curtner Avenue.

John Giacomini, 73, of Atherton, pleaded guilty to the charge on March 2. He practiced medicine and cardiology from 1985 to 2018 and was chief of the cardiology section at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Palo Alto.  

The grand jury serves as the county's civil watchdog agency and may examine all aspects of county and city government, special districts and school districts, according to the announcement.

The U.S. Department of Justice said it has seen a tenfold increase in the amount of ghost guns seized by law enforcement since 2016.

The city will donate more than $1 million in safety equipment to first responders in Ukraine, including breathing apparatus air packs, mask-mounted regulators, air cylinders and several hundred breathing apparatus masks.

City officials in Los Altos have announced the appointment of Angela Averiett as police chief. “I am humbled to serve the Los Altos community as the police chief and eager to get to work,” Averiett said. “My commitment to safety, accountability, fairness, and equity will strive to ensure the well-being of all who live, work, and travel through Los Altos.”

Averiett has more than 25 years of experience in policing and law enforcement.