Daniel Catano is also suspected of setting at least eight other fires in Gilroy and committing an auto burglary July 10 in Morgan Hill, when one of the victims—an off-duty officer—followed the suspect, who was able to evade officers.

Mark Zuckerberg has used Meta’s might to push Threads to a fast start — but that may only work up to a point. In less than a day, Threads appeared to have taken the crown as the most rapidly downloaded app ever, easily outstripping ChatGPT. The newly released companion to Instagram aims at offering users an alternative to Twitter. 

Consumers throw away more food than they need to because of confusing product labels, advocates say.

This week's warming trend begins today, with inland temperatures hitting the mid-80s to low 90s from the North Bay to southern Monterey County. The National Weather Service issued an Excessive Heat Watch for the interior Bay Area and Central Coast heading into a scorching weekend.

A California Legislature bill that would give as much as $25,000 from sports revenues each year to California student athletes has met stiff opposition from universities and the NCAA.

Many California colleges and universities define “first-generation college student” differently, creating a confusing situation for students to navigate.

The National Labor Relations Board reported that 94% of Stanford graduate student workers voted to form the new union, according to union organizers.

Nam Le laundered millions of dollars in payroll for Atlas Private Security, owned by Robert Foster, a former San Jose police officer who was sentenced last year to three years in prison for insurance fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and worker exploitation.

A Bay Area woman sued her husband’s employer after she became infected with COVID-19. The California Supreme Court found that giving her workers’ comp could set a precedent that would imperil the system.

Truck manufacturers won’t file legal challenges over California’s controversial mandate, and in return, the state air board will relax some smog-fighting requirements.

The accident occurred at 1:30am Thursday in Mountain amd 12:10pm in Palo Alto.

What if, rather than trying to out-engineer the weather, or evacuate and return in an endless cycle, we changed where and how we live?

On Monday, the Assembly finished its votes on Newsom’s series of infrastructure streamlining bills, although not without reservations. Today, the Senate is expected to take its final vote on the infrastructure package, agreeing to some Assembly amendments before sending it to Gov. Newsom’s desk.

The California Nurses Association, which led the coalition behind the high-profile 2017 push for a single-payer system, has re-branded its campaign with the slogan “Fight to Win Medicare-for-All."

Breaking from over a decade of traditionally not raising tuition, Cal State leaders last week released a proposal that would start annual increases at every one of the 23 CSU campuses beginning in the fall of 2024 as the only way to make up a shortfall between operating costs and revenues.

Police across the county will be on the lookout for illegal fireworks for the the Fourth of July.