School districts on average are directing only 55 cents of every dollar of extra funding from the Local Control Funding Formula to the schools that high-needs students who generate the money attend.

Long-simmering disputes with hospital employee unions over staffing are reaching crisis points, as almost a third of California hospitals report insufficient numbers of critical workers, including nurses, technicians and janitors.

It’s like having two sets of books, one for the public to see and one deceptively designed as a municipal code work-around to satisfy the billboard lobby.

With California wildfires, it seems that every year brings a new record for “more”: More acres, more frequent, more extreme, more deaths, more destruction.

Indeed, a year and a half into the pandemic, many workers appear to be burned out and at a breaking point.

The next SJSU president will have to deal with lingering legal claims, and manage the wide-ranging reforms in its athletic programs required by the Justice Department settlement, not to mention dealing with issues of trust, reputation and accountability in the broader community.

California's new $47.1 billion higher education package is the highest level of state funding in history.

The California Department of Public Health blames problems at nursing homes on staffing shortages, turnover, training and pandemic pressures at hearing at the Capitol.

Student reports of 30 sexual assaults in the first few days of classes at SCU dampened the optimism of a new school year in which the 8,500-student university reported a record number of first-year students.

San Jose Inside Power Poll Panelists also support mayor’s proposal to combat homelessness and favor stronger regulations to combat Covid-19.

Total city workforce vaccination has increased from 89% to 92% in recent weeks. The Police Department has increased from 82% vaccinated to 86% vaccinated as of Sept. 24 and the Fire Department reported a 92% vaccination rate.

The ban on flavored tobacco aligns with state and federal regulations so retailers that sell hookah or hookah related products would be exempt from the ban. but more than 650 San Jose tobacco retailers will have to make the shift.

Gov. Newsom and legislators had hoped to lengthen the school year in 2021-22, which they saw as critical to meet the extra emotional needs of students, particularly low-income, foster and homeless children caused by the pandemic.  

Proposals announced Wednesday by San Jose city leaders would triple emergency housing units to 1,000, quadruple San José Bridge jobs, and reduce illegal dumping.

New initiatives combine public and private resources to extend high-speed internet “the last mile” to underserved communities

SJSU agrees to provide financial relief and adopt major reforms to address sexual harassment of student athletes by former SJSU trainer.