San Jose Inside

Gov. Gavin Newsom promised business as usual on Tuesday, but there could be exceptions to everyday life returning to normal. Here are questions and answers to clear up some of the confusion.

The number of Justice Department and other police requests has soared in recent years to thousands a week, putting Apple and other tech giants like Google and Microsoft in an uncomfortable position between law enforcement, the courts and the customers whose privacy they have promised to protect.

A man stabbed in East San Jose early today later died of his injuries, the city's 21st homicide victim of 2021. The victim was not identified, and no arrest was reported as of 10pm.

The state Senate passed a bill to legalize hallucinogenic drugs for Californians 21 and older. Could psychedelics become the next cannabis?

Misuse of property, outbursts of temper, warnings from co-workers show no “formal discipline for threatening behavior” by VTA employee who killed nine, then himself, on May 26.

With Covid-19 vaccination rates approaching 80 percent, sites are no longer needed, so some sites will be closing in the next few weeks, Santa Clara County health officials say.

Prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee, including Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell.

Another decision next week could change California mask rules again, offering clarity or even more confusion for employers.

A Scotts Valley nonprofit is set to tackle a $1 million Title IX investigation across Santa Clara County’s hundreds of K-12 and post-secondary schools, despite having neither college-level experience nor legal staff for the task. Education, Training and Research Associates is the intended awardee of a contract to assess and codify how educators countywide comply with state and federal laws on sex- and gender-based harassment and abuse, according to documents obtained by San Jose Inside. The decision will be final on June 10, if none of the other four bidding agencies protest the selection.

A federal magistrate blocked the shutdown, but despite appeals the Trump orders remained in effect when President Joe Biden took office in January. At that time, lawyers for the government and plaintiffs agreed to put the case on hold while the Biden administration considered its action. 

In April, the coalition of mayors of the state’s 13 largest cities, led by San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo, asked for a $20 billion, five-year investment to curb homelessness—half of the state's surplus.

Why is California building new houses in the path of wildfires? The housing market is dangerously hot, say UC scientists.

Additional brothels were found throughout Santa Clara County and search warrants were served in Milpitas, San Jose, and Palo Alto, police said.

Witnesses said a group of 11, described as males and females in their late teens to early 20s,  rushed into the store, grabbed 36 handbags, then ran through the mall and fled in five vehicles.

Over the last few years—and especially during the Covid-19 pandemic—Santa Clara County's Coyote Creek watershed has become an inflection point for how the South Bay must address issues surrounding its homelessness crisis and the environmental impact of creekside encampments.