Teachers at the six high schools in the Campbell district received a $5,000 one-time payment last year. The teachers' union wants that raise to be permanent, plus a permanent 4% increase.

Police and sheriff's officials said they chose to detonate the 100-year-old grenade “with an abundance of caution” in the home's backyard.

In August 2021, the case was assigned to a San José Police Department and District Attorney's Office Cold Case team which brought new life to the investigation.

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the largest expansion of California’s college financial aid system in a generation in the week's most obscure moment — during the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants’ first playoff game Friday night.

In announcing the Tesla headquarters move at the company’s annual shareholder meeting at the site of a new Tesla building near Austin, CEO Elon Musk said he will expand Tesla production at the Fremont factory.

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.

The Santa Clara District Attorney's Office filed charges against Jennifer Colvin, the former human resources director for Rangoon Ruby and Burma Ruby in Palo Alto.

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.

To prevent the spread of Oriental Fruit Flies through homegrown fruits and vegetables, residents living in the quarantine area in Santa Clara County are urged not to move those items from their property.

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.

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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 county and cities announced Thursday that they are submitting more than a dozen proposals to the state for funding to build more than 800 housing units over the next nine months.  

Ismael Hernandez Rodriguez, 28, of San Jose, was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol, according to the Palo Alto Police Department.