The last Gilroy Garlic Festival in 2019 ended in a stunning and violent tragedy, when a lone teenaged gunman killed three people, and injured 17 others at Christmas Hill Park in Gilroy.

Calls to LGBTQ crisis lines spiked after President Donald Trump’s election. His policies target health care for young transgender people, creating uncertainty for a vulnerable community. A spate of recent policy decisions by the Trump administration targeting transgender youth has led to an escalating mental health crisis among an already vulnerable population, experts and advocates say.

With federal legalization now (perhaps) a far-off pipe dream as Republicans descend into the White House and Congress to assume full control of the government, one of the chief hopes for California’s badly ailing pot industry has (perhaps) been dashed. While it wouldn’t solve every problem, by a long shot, federal legalization would at least open up new markets for cannabis companies that are prepared to import and export their products, and at least theoretically give a big boost to smaller firms, too, including local dispensaries. With an unstable federal government, it’s impossible to know for sure whether legalization might happen despite general GOP opposition.

Kihn toured the world and won a number of awards for his hit songs “Jeopardy,” “The Breakup Song,” “Remember” and “Lucky,” and was well known to Bay Area audiences as the morning radio host for KFOX for 17 years.

A strong advocate for music, the arts and education, Holden was very involved with a variety of community organizations.

Paul Thomas Anderson directs movie scenes in  'BC Project' in the historic downtown setting.

Yosimar Reyes was named Santa Clara County's eighth poet laureate, and will serve for two years, through 2025.

In addition to the founder of the Black Eyed Peas, The Tech will honor its sixth annual “Tech for Global Good” laureates on Saturday.

San Jose was known as the lowrider capital of California until 1986, when the city banned those cars and created “no cruising zones.” The city overturned its ban on lowriders in 2022, and on Sept. 1 of this year San Jose city officials joined car enthusiasts in celebrating the first Annual Lowrider Day.

Travel website's analysis of top U.S. cities ranks San Jose No. 5, among 'the worst cities to live in for a zombie outbreak.'

Traditional ice skating experience returns to Circle of Palms starting Nov. 17 for 26th season, after a one-year hiatus.

Harwell was a founding member of the band, which broke out in the late 1990s with hit songs like Walkin’ on the Sun and All Star. He was born on Jan. 9, 1967, and grew up in San Jose.

The Italian American Heritage will set up collection stations at this weekend’s Festa celebration in San Jose to raise money for a Faenza Flood Relief Fund.

The decision by the Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce to cancel Taste of Morgan Hill follows previous post-pandemic South County cancellations of the mushroom and garlic festivals.

The 42nd annual local festival was scheduled to take place May 27-28 in downtown Morgan Hill, but the nonprofit Mardi Gras organization that produces the Mushroom Festival still plans to host an entertaining summer fundraising event.

California’s Legislature has become more diverse than ever. At the same time, a rally against transgender healthcare was held at the state Capitol and anti-semitism in the state is on the rise.