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Rep. Sam Liccardo’s office announced this week that fellow California Democrat Ro Khanna and two GOP congress members joined his bipartisan bill to extend Affordable Care Act tax credits.

Officials built a lending system that quickly became one of the biggest in the United States during the pandemic, using federal emergency money to lend thousands of devices and boost the tech setup inside library branches.

The ACLU of Northern California filed a lawsuit on behalf of local nonprofits. The lawsuit challenges San Jose police officers’ practice of searching for location information collected by automated license plate readers (ALPRs) without first getting a warrant.

California utilities regulators are bringing down “return on equity” payments to power company shareholders, resulting in the lowest profit margin in 20 years for PG&E.

On Dec. 4, the City of San Jose will unveil a commemorative bronze plaque at City Hall above the footprint of a house which once stood on South Fifth Street where band members played their very first notes as the Grateful Dead.

The exhibit at History San Jose displays a collection of San Jose rock posters from the ’60s and documents the city’s underacknowledged role in birthing the American counterculture.

Kurtz is a nationally recognized leader in downtown management and urban revitalization, bringing a track record of transformative impact and strategic innovation.

The company said its donation will help reforest more than 2,700 acres of Northern California land affected by the Sheep Fire and Dixie Fire.

The current base pay for Cal State campus presidents ranges from $370,000 to more than $500,000. San Jose State University President Cynthia Teniente-Matson is paid $474,840.

The federal suit alleged that Facebook, which later became Meta, overpaid to acquire Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014 as part of a strategy to eliminate social networking competitors.

Antonietta Nguyen was accused of using stolen funds to pay for personal travel, luxury purses and college tuition.

Given massive changes at the federal level, California will have to develop new strategies to ensure students can still afford to attend and complete college.

A new report estimates that California’s data centers are driving increases in electricity use, water demand and pollution even as lawmakers stall on oversight.

AT&T’s failed effort this year to retire copper landlines in parts of California seemed to have support from a diverse grassroots coalition. But many of the members had ties with the telecom giant.

The idea of being paid using crypto has become a reality in the heart of the most tech-savvy part of the United States.