Cindy Chavez’ strong Democratic Party and organized labor credentials had vaulted the Santa Clara County supervisor to the top of the list of candidates for Chief Administrative Officer, but these strengths could prove to be her undoing.

The county said the company and several affiliated individuals were transporting hazardous concrete slurry waste from construction sites to a remote property in Almaden Valley.

he San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted today to rehire retiring Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer to stay on until her replacement is hired May 2.

Former U.S. Women's National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner announced Tuesday that the National Women's Soccer League has awarded expansion rights to their team, which has not yet announced a name or home stadium.

The final decision for who gets the $300,000-plus-per-year job running day-to-day operations of San Diego County could come in the next few weeks.

At the same time, as the layoffs continued a six-month trend of Silicon Valley downsizing, overall statewide employment slipped slightly, unemployment claims grew and the total number of unemployed Californians grew.

Jie Suo, 56, of Milpitas, pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing or impeding the administration of Internal Revenue laws

Enrollment is down at the University of California and the Cal State system, which has frustrated lawmakers who gave both systems more money to increase their number of students. Parents say their children who have with GPAs above 4.0 but aren’t accepted to a UC of their choice.

The CAM program allows residents and business owners to register the locations of their video surveillance systems with the city, so police can access them in the event a crime occurs.

Joanne Segovia is accused of buying and distributing opioids for eight years, running some transactions from her San Jose Police Officers’ Association office.

Federal regulators blame banks' poor management, while U.S. Senators this week sharply questioned oversight after Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank failures rattled the financial system.

A Santa Clara County Sheriff’s deputy was is in stable condition, after being shot by a suspect Sunday morning in a rural area outside Gilroy.

Detectives said Juan Rodriguez, 44, targeted portable classrooms without alarm systems during late night and early morning hours, pried open locked doors and stole electronic items, including audio and visual equipment for hearing and vision-impaired students.

If the free transfer project allowing riders who transfer between two or more transit agencies to pay only the full fare for the first transit agency they use is approved , transfers from BART to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, for example, could be discounted up to $2.50.

Two weeks after the bank failed, the fallout has hit the start-up market as investors pull back further.

The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.