The California Attorney General's Office defended the department's position in a brief it filed in the case last week.

Officers said the motive and circumstances around the two fatal stabbings are under investigation.

Two recent reports on sexual harassment complaints filed against Cal State employees conclude inconsistent data collection makes it difficult to determine a reliable number.

The unions are seeking a 7% pay increase, and complain that many city departments are understaffed. The city in June said its final pay offer was 5% the first year of the contract, 4% the second, and 3% the third.

Fast-food workers in San Jose demonstrated last week against a 2024 statewide referendum to scrap a groundbreaking law allowing business-sector labor contracts that could boost fast-food wages to $22 per hour.

In the past few months, a former employee of the San Jose mayor’s office sued the city for extending deadlines for responding to records requests, while Mendocino County repealed an ordinance that charged as much as $150 per hour to locate, review and redact documents.

The ruling did not affect other claims in the antitrust case about Google's  search engine, which is scheduled to go to trial next month.

The local enforcement, conducted July 19-30, was part of a national operation led by the FBI known as Operation Cross Country.

Martin Helda pleaded guilty to three fraud counts, including Workers Compensation Premium Fraud, Employment Development Department fraud and wage theft.

While the numbers of transfers to four-year colleges are increasing, still fewer than 15% of local community college students take steps towards undergraduate degrees, according to CalMatters.

The Italian American Heritage will set up collection stations at this weekend’s Festa celebration in San Jose to raise money for a Faenza Flood Relief Fund.

Frustration runs deep among medical cannabis patients and advocates who say the commercial market created by Proposition 64 in 2016 isn’t meeting their needs.

Some California hospitals have a nurse vacancy rate of 30%, stressing overworked staff and causing some to leave the industry earlier than they planned.

Possible three-day strike looms, as Mayor Mahan warns money is tight.

More than 12,000 county workers will get a 5% raise this fiscal year, followed by two years of annual increases of 4%, plus a $1,200 one-time payment.

The vector control district said there is no need for residents to relocate during the treatment, but people can close windows and stay inside to minimize exposure to the insecticide