The federal Indictment alleges that the CEO of San Jose firm submitted fraudulent H-1B visa applications and laundered $1 million In fraud proceeds.

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing lawsuit said Tesla's factory is a racially segregated workplace where Black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against in job assignments, discipline, pay and promotion.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law this week that requires large employers in California to offer workers up to 80 hours of COVID-related paid sick leave. But there’s a catch: The bill, which the Legislature passed on Feb. 7, doesn’t apply to small employers with 25 or fewer workers.

Public health officials announce local indoor masking requirements will remain in place, despite the state's announcement lifting some mask rules Feb. 16.

This past weekend a custom trailer was stolen from The Hot Rod Shop near downtown San Jose, police report. San Jose detectives said the trailer contained a valuable custom car.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Nathanael Cousins approved a settlement of a federal lawsuit, Babu vs. Alameda County, that aimed to improve the "horrific" treatment of inmates with mental health disabilities.

Thousands of housing units previously approved by the 2016 $950 million Housing Bond are still not built.

The three San Jose men pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to roll back the odometers of high-mileage vehicles in order to sell them for higher prices.

Rival California health insurers say the special deal is unfair and could leave them with high-need patients.

The venerable Café Stritch will be reinvented as a new venue in the coming months as the keys are turned over to the jazz bar’s former general manager, Andrew Saman. The establishment will be known as Mama Kin, Saman says, and will continue to book jazz shows while expanding with other types of music.

Neighbors of the homicide victim told officers they had heard screaming in the immediate area early Saturday morning, but did not call police. A concerned friend called in a missing person report on Monday.

Proponents are targeting laws such as Senate Bill 9, which took effect Jan. 1, and allows for a property zoned single-family to be split for a duplex without a public hearing.

Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Johnny C. Gogo said that in the case of Shannon O’Connor, who faces 39 criminal charges: "The court does find a high likelihood that these charges will be found to be true after a jury trial."

Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders anounced they have agreed to restore California paid sick leave for COVID-19.

The bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author, Rep. Ash Kalra of San Jose, couldn’t round up enough support before a Jan. 31 deadline.

California grants a safety certificate to PG&E just after the utility came off probation for the deadly 2010 San Bruno pipeline explosion.