San Jose Inside

Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Alameda, and Sonoma counties said their rules won't change, despite the month long statewide mandate that went into effect Wednesday morning.  

The arrest of 15 suspects over several weeks in the Bay Area was the culmination of a six-month investigation into the thefts that also netted more than $50,000 in cash, four handguns and an illegal assault rifle, ammunition, evidence of identity theft, tools and more than 1,000 catalytic converters.

California Redistricting Commission was considering a plan that would split San Jose among four congressional districts.

With case rates increasing 47% since Thanksgiving, the California Department of Public Health will require universal masking to increase protection to individuals, families, and communities during the holidays.

Hale Lumber Company, a Morgan Hill family-owned business established in 1945, will close to make way for 49 homes, in a more pedestrian-friendly vision of the downtown area.

The new 28-story mixed-use residential project will eventually have an estimated 1,000 residents in 630 units, one of a number of new buildings praised by the San Jose Downtown Association at its annual meeting as contributing to a new “really distinct skyline” for San Jose.

A new identity for San Jose’s downtown businesses was unveiled Dec. 10 annual meeting at the Hammer Theatre Center by Liquid’s Chief Design Officer, Justin Peters.

The quantity of SARS-CoV-2 genes, the virus that causes Covid-19, has doubled in Gilroy over the past two weeks, according to samples taken from the South County Regional Wastewater Authority.

The latest supervisor district map creates a "majority-minority" Asian-Pacific Islander district in District 3, maintains a high Latino influence district in District 2 and removes Los Gatos and Almaden Valley from District 1 and places them in District 5.

A star in wartime Vietnam, Phuong Tâm returns to the spotlight five decades later with reissued recordings next spring.

While Silicon Valley is seen as a haven for abortion services by medical professionals and legal experts, gaps still exist online and on billboards across the South Bay.

A new state law is designed to make it easier for California to prevail in enforcement actions against nursing homes. Sponsored by Assemblyman Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat, the legislation raised nursing home fines — which hadn’t changed in about 20 years — by 20 to 50%. 

Shlomo Rechnitz is the Los Angeles-based, multi-billionaire owner of Brius, which owns two nursing homes in Santa Clara County, Cupertino Healthcare & Wellness Center and San Jose Healthcare & Wellness Center, plus five in Alameda County and one in Contra Costa County.

The 2022 mayor’s race is shaping up as a three-person contest according to the latest San Jose Inside Power Poll.

Shop with a Cop Foundation of Silicon Valley, San José Police Department, and Target Corporation will host the 14th annual holiday toy distribution in San Jose Dec. 4.