A bill aims to create new rules for California’s mostly unregulated debt settlement industry. AB 1405, expected to pass through Senate committees, comes at a time when the industry expects to see a 75% increase in account enrollment.

The lawsuit filed by Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen and five other DAs also alleges that Match.com failed to inform customers how to cancel and that the cancellation process was lengthy and tedious, a violation of the state's automatic renewal laws

Bank of America's request to end its EDD contract comes one month after it lost a class-action suit alleging it failed to provide protections for unemployment debit cards.

The convictions follow three years of cooperation with a federal investigation of thefts of trade secrets and wire fraud that involved the participation of the FBI and IRS.

Attorney General Rob Bonta alleges that Google violated other state and federal laws by requiring apps distributed on Google Play to use Google Play’s billing system for in-app purchases and refusing to distribute apps on Google Play that use their own billing system.

 Mounir Gad, 34, of San Jose, was charged with a friend, Nathan Guido, 38, also of San Jose, in separate criminal and civil cases involving insider trading, and agreed to pay SEC fines.

The development shrinks the longstanding East San Jose flea market to five acres, one-third of its original size, leaving many of the 430 vendors worried that they will be squeezed out. 

Brown is chair of the Civil Service Commission of the City of Santa Clara, and as a board member of two nonprofits.

The discovery of two fruit flies last week in the city resulted in prompt action to save local fruits and vegetable crops.

With Michelin-starred dining and classic amenities, a center that grew out of the valley’s orchards in the 1960s has been reinvented.

Pub and brewery workers across California are rethinking workplace culture, after personal experiences of sexism, assault and work environments were often paired with encouraged drinking on the job.

The state Senate passed a bill to legalize hallucinogenic drugs for Californians 21 and older. Could psychedelics become the next cannabis?

Another decision next week could change California mask rules again, offering clarity or even more confusion for employers.

A federal magistrate blocked the shutdown, but despite appeals the Trump orders remained in effect when President Joe Biden took office in January. At that time, lawyers for the government and plaintiffs agreed to put the case on hold while the Biden administration considered its action. 

Although Gov. Gavin Newsom initially had indicated that the state’s mask mandate would remain in place even after other restrictions had been lifted, officials have since said that Californians will no longer have to wear masks, unless a private business decides to continue requiring them.

Websites for Hulu, Reddit, Twitch and The New York Times crashed for about an hour this morning, after failures at the internet company.