Health officers from 10 Bay Area counties say in-person learning is essential for education, mental health and communities.

Jing Chiang Huang was originally charged with sex trafficking, tax fraud and money laundering in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Most of the fine will be paid as credits on customer utility bills.

All VTA light rail routes continue to be suspended “until further notice” as mass shooting investigation continues.

Beginning at noon, high temperatures pose health risks for children, the elderly and pets.

Santa Clara County Assessor Lawrence Stone announced that his right-hand-man, David Ginsborg, will retire on July 1 after 24 years, just as Stone gears up for a contested reelection campaign.

Calls friendship with Christopher Schumb “a fatal conflict that cannot be ignored” and impediment to fair trial.

“Based on recent developments in the investigation we can say that the suspect has been a highly disgruntled VTA employee for many years, which may have contributed to why he targeted VTA employees.” -- Sgt. Russell Davis of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office.

The man identified by California law enforcement officials as the gunman in a mass shooting at a San Jose rail yard on Wednesday lived alone and had a hostile personality, according to interviews with a neighbor and an ex-girlfriend, as well as a review of court records. The gunman, Samuel James Cassidy, 57, lived southeast of downtown San Jose, in a suburban neighborhood of cul-de-sacs and palm trees, public records show. Doug Suh, a real estate agent who lived across the street, described Cassidy, who authorities say appeared to have killed himself, as someone with a short temper.

“The heroic actions of the men and women of the Sheriff’s Office who donned their essential protective equipment and lifesaving medical kits and ran toward the gunfire saved lives."

Many of you have reported the names of the employees who were lost. To us here at VTA they are friends and our family and we want to honor their memory.

Alex Ward Fritch, 49, who had been in critical condition since being taken to Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Wednesday morning, died from his injuries, the County of Santa Clara Medical Examiner/Coroner. said.

Investigators were seeking a motive for the morning attack by a Santa Clara VTA transit supervisor on his co-workers, leaving eight dead and seriously injuring at least one other.

The VTA attack was the worst mass shooting in the Bay Area since 1993. Wednesday's killer set fire to his own house before the deadly assault.

Multiple San Jose Police units and members of the media converged on a South San Jose home associated with Samuel Cassidy this morning, and the block was cordoned off in the aftermath of Wednesday’s VTA rail yard shooting, which law enforcement officials confirmed resulted in multiple fatalities and the death of the shooter. One Facebook post identified Cassidy as the deceased shooter, but no official confirmation is available at this time, and an active investigation is underway. According to Transparent California, Cassidy worked as a Substation Maintainer for Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) making $182,901.70, including benefits, as of 2015.

Multiple injuries and multiple fatalities were reported today in an early morning mass shooting by a lone gunman at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority maintenance yard on Younger Ave. in San Jose. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office reported at 8:08am via Twitter that “shooter is down” in the incident Wednesday morning.