Carl Oosterman’s job at the museum and zoo involved extensive contact with children, including leading educational camping trips.

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.

Beginning Monday, county libraries will add 18 more hours a week for patrons to visit the library, browse collections, use the public computers and printers, reserve a meeting room or read in the library.

County fire officials said public concern about wildfires and drought conditions may have dampened use of fireworks on Fourth of July weekend.

Downtown San Jose is now poised for a housing renaissance that was hard to imagine back in 2015, when Leslye Corsiglia first formed SV@Home.

The state budget approved last week includes $656 million in new ongoing funding for special education, including a 4.05% increase to the base funding rate.

The proposal consists of $2 million to finish the project's design and construction, which includes a wildlife undercrossing and a trail overcrossing on Highway 17 connecting Santa Cruz and San Jose through the mountains. 

The historic steam locomotive is slated to ride the rails through Niles Canyon from Fremont station.

Dr. Marty Fenstersheib, whose planned departure was announced at the June 22 Board of Supervisors, says he is making his “second attempt at retirement” this week.

The San Jose police investigation, dubbed Operation Flat Tire, was launched six months ago after the burglary prevention unit noticed an increase in thefts of expensive bikes and construction equipment, especially in the downtown area.

Redwood City Police arrested bouncer on an assault charge in beating of a customer at a Brewster Avenue wine bar.

The injury collision involved a tractor trailer and at least one other vehicle near the Hacienda Drive offramp, CHP said.