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.

The citizen of Azerbaijan pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in San Jose this week to three counts of health care fraud in connection with a scheme targeting Medicare Advantage programs.

Anthony Joseph Ramon faces five felonies for alleged crimes in Morgan Hill.

In San Jose, license plate cameras were credited with finding suspects in the manhunt for an armed burglar who was terrorizing a neighborhood, and with locating eight suspects in a fatal shooting in downtown San Jose during the June FIFA World Cup.

Two bills sent to Gov. Newsom set new rules for determining when colleges can create bachelor’s degrees and how many they can offer.

Six of the suspects, including a 17-year-old juvenile, were charged with murder, while two others, including an 18-year-old female, were arrested for being accessories after the fact. All are from San Jose.

After California lawmakers voted to share driver license information with a national nonprofit database, the Trump administration sought trucker records from the organization.

Violence broke out at a July 25 party at a Morgan Hill home, resulting in one attendee dead and six injured.

California recently lifted the statute of limitations on child sex abuse lawsuits, leading to many cases against schools. A bill going to Gov. Gavin Newsom would raise the standard for evidence.

A minor under the direct supervision of law enforcement stood outside of a liquor or convenience store and asked customers to buy them alcohol.

Polls show voters are turning sharply against data centers and several bills to regulate the facilities are advancing in the California Legislature. Utilities and tech companies, meanwhile, are spending millions lobbying state officials.

Police said a box truck driver crashed into a crane truck Tuesday morning causing a city worker inside the crane bucket to fall out. He died later of injuries in the fall.

The robbery suspect killed in a shootout with San Jose police, Anthony Chavez, committed four armed robberies in 2011 and was sentenced in 2016 to 23 years in prison. Then he was re-sentenced, and paroled last year.

California legislators say the Medi-Cal program needs $10 million to pay for gender-affirming care for minors after the Trump administration cut funding.

The proposed settlement resolves claims that Meta designed its Facebook and Instagram platforms to addict children, misled consumers about their safety and improperly collected children's personal data.

The park at the center of downtown San Jose was known as Plaza Park before it was renamed in 1993 after the late civil rights leader Cesar Chavez.