San Jose Inside

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.

The water shortage emergency hopes to reduce water use countywide by 15% of 2019 levels.

Santa Clara County partners with San Jose Earthquakes for special giveaway at PayPal Park Thursday June 10, 4-7pm.

Although Gov. Gavin Newsom initially had indicated that the state’s mask mandate would remain in place even after other restrictions had been lifted, officials have since said that Californians will no longer have to wear masks, unless a private business decides to continue requiring them.

Beginning next Monday, June 14, VTA will operate a new weekday peak hour shuttle between the Diridon Station and Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, designed to meet Caltrain, Altamont Corridor Express and bus services at Diridon Station.

Kaiser Permanente's Vaccine Study Center and Division of Research, both based in Oakland, are conducting the trial in concert with Pfizer and BioNTech, which co-developed the vaccine that will be used in the trial.

Authorities expect Samantha Moreno Rodriguez of San Jose to be extradited from Colorado to Nevada to face charges that she killed her 7-year-old Liam Husted, also of San Jose, whose body was found near a highway outside the city 10 days ago. Rodriguez was being held in a Denver jail on suspicion of murder.

Police have not identified any suspects in the killing and the motive is under investigation.