The bus that caught fire was one of VTA's 10 Proterra battery electric buses and all of them were taken out of service pending an investigation.

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.

Santa Clara Valley Water District’s creek cleanup program has tripled in cost in 10 years. 

Legislative analysts raised red flags about the tentative deal for prison guards, the lack of time to review the contracts negotiated by the Newsom administration, flaws in computing salary comparisons and vacancy rates and the bottom-line cost of $5 billion over three years.

Two Vietnamese-American women face felony charges for illegally importing langsat, a tropical fruit, some of which was badly infested with fruit fly larvae, which pose dangers for California crops.

Video footage released to media showed 49ers and Raiders fans fighting each other not long after the Niners played a preseasaon game at nearby Levi's Stadium.

The curriculum focuses on the history, culture, struggle and contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, Asian/Pacific Islander Americans and Latinx Americans. The model curriculum also includes lesson plans on other communities, including Filipino Americans, Jewish Americans, Arab Americans, Sikh Americans, Armenian Americans and others.

State attorneys general from six states, including California, and the Federal Trade Commission announced  the settlement with room and roommate-finding platform Roomster and its owners.

Hazel Hawkins in Hollister and Watsonville Community Hospitals will get millions in the state's bailout.

Under a system that has long prioritized local control for school districts. state officials now are fighting some recent board decisions regarding LGBTQ students.

Prosecutors said Aremendariz late last week pleaded guilty to four felonies for selling drugs to minors, misdemeanors for possession of ammunition by a prohibited person, possession of fentanyl and two-strike prior offenses.

About a dozen dioceses and archdioceses in the United States are currently in bankruptcy proceedings as a result of multiple lawsuits alleging sexual abuse of children.

Southern California school boards have been battling with Gov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta over book bans and other culture wars in the classroom. 

More California police departments are deploying body cameras. A new state Supreme Court ruling restricts how prosecutors can use footage of witness accounts at trial.

A wet winter may have delayed the state’s fire season, but it could ultimately make the blazes worse.

Yohanes S. Kidane was last seen Aug. 14 entering an Uber vehicle in San Jose, and cell phone, wallet and backpack were recovered near the Golden Gate Bridge Welcome Center in San Francisco.