Palo Alto police learned that a woman in her 50s had been sitting in her parked car when someone opened her passenger door and demanded her purse and keys.

Nuanced positions regarding law enforcement defy stereotypical attitudes found in some media accounts

The Sacramento mass shooting is sure to intensify questions about what elected officials can do to curb rising gun violence and crime before concerned Californians vote in the June 7 primary.

The April snowpack, key to how much water flows into reservoirs, is 38% of average statewide, proving that drought hasn’t relaxed its grip on California.

The VTA had said in February that it would not update its anticipated cost and schedule for the project until it awards four major contracts, including one for tunneling and trackwork slated to be finalized this summer.

Detectives posed online as a 16-year-old female and started chatting with the San Jose suspect on various communication platforms,

A task force of state educators, parents and education experts is working to recommend policies to improve years of low reading scores throughout California

One grant will fund 10 artists to paint murals for a walkable art corridor in East San Jose, while others included the NAACP and neighborhood associations in Cassell and Welch Park in San Jose.

San Jose will get help from the Energy Department with creating plans to reduce air pollution, lower utility costs and provide jobs and economic opportunity, among other things.

Eligible residents who participate in the Santa Clara County MedAssist program will receive a check each month to help them pay for their prescription costs, including those filled at retail pharmacies, according to the county.

Police Chief Anthony Mata said officers saw a man with a handgun pointed at other people. He said officers repeatedly asked the man to drop the gun before one officer fired shots that hit the man, who was taken to a local hospital with non-lethal injuries.

Californians facing eviction as soon as next week would get a temporary reprieve under a bill endorsed by the state’s Democratic leaders.

Shelbee Szeto admitted to buying luxury cars, handbags, jewelry over four years, using fraudulent H-P credit cards.

Lawyers filed a federal class action civil rights lawsuit this month on behalf of “Jane Doe et. al.” against Scott Shaw, San Jose State and CSU trustees citing “approximately 1,000 students” who may have been victims of Shaw's sexual abuse.

The supervisors unanimously approved the purchase of four properties, creating 324 affordable housing units: two in San Jose, one in Morgan Hill and one in Santa Clara.

William Gerry, 47, who worked in code enforcement for San Jose from 2007 to 2019, was accused of demanding money to grant permits or ignore code violations, and coerced some people to perform sex acts.