The landmark bipartisan legislation to become law on Jan. 1 strengthens California’s protections for children online and when using artificial intelligence.

The social media giant proposed commercial terms of service that would have permitted the company to scrape the websites of all its business account users, obtaining free access to news and other content for its own purposes, including training of AI products.

Despite seven new statewide laws regulating data centers, at least 26 resolutions, moratoriums, or bans on data centers have been passed or proposed in California since June.

San Jose's property tax base grew at 4.5%, though at $280 billion contributed more than a third of the county’s tax base.

The 6pm meeting is expected to be the final large-format community session prior to Planning Commission and City Council hearings on data centers. The community meeting also will be live-streamed.

Gilroy action on data centers follows a similar decision by the Morgan Hill City Council.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday ordered state agencies to develop safety regulations for artificial intelligence after vetoing tougher rules two years ago.

A three-day AI Infra Summit 2026 opens Sept. 15 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. The conference will focus on artificial intelligence, data center infrastructure, scalability and energy challenges.

The 438,000-square-foot Amazon data center project in Gilroy has been a source of significant community concern since construction started last year. The project was approved by Gilroy’s community development director without a review by the planning commission or city council.

Virginia-based AES cited project economics, infrastructure requirements, market conditions, community considerations and long-term investment priorities as reasons it won't submit plans for the project near Morgan Hill.

Kaiser Permanente said its “Digital Automated Screenings” that it has used for three years in initial “e-visits” is not AI and is not used to diagnose patients or make treatment decisions.

San Pedro Square emerged as the region’s soccer celebration hub as tournament activity drove strong gains for San José hotels and San Jose Mineta International Airport, which welcomed more than 500,000 airport passengers.

The grape plants may harbor invasive glassy-winged sharpshooter, a destructive invasive species.

In the 1940s, Gordon Getty, a son of oil magnate J. Paul Getty, lived with the Newsom family while attending school in San Francisco.

Though the report names six high-risk systems in use today, California state agencies have used some for several years.

Santa Clara County is going after Menlo Park-based Meta Platforms Inc., accusing the social media giant of facilitating 15 billion scam ads daily on Facebook and Instagram, accounting for $7 billion in revenues per year.