San Jose Inside

Candidates Neysa Fligor and Rishi Kumar have to contend with potential voters distracted by the holidays, nearly empty campaign coffers and the absence of turnout-boosting state redistricting and county sales tax ballot initiatives.

The Trump administration is cracking down on immigrants who drive trucks in California, creating new regulations and threatening to withhold millions in federal highway funding over alleged violations by the state’s DMV.

If the case against the 17-year-old suspect continues in juvenile court, few details about the arrest or the Nov. 28 incident, which shut down Northern California's biggest shopping center and left three injured, are likely to be made public. The mall reopened with additional security measures on Nov. 29.

The Westfield Valley Fair Mall, one of the largest shopping malls in California, reopened today at noon with increased police patrols and assurances that Friday’s shooting was an isolated incident.

Nearly 90 minutes after the 5:40pm report of the shooting at Westfield Valley Fair mall on Stephens Boulevard, San Jose police said there was “no ongoing threat to public safety.”

VTA is one of 24 agencies across California to receive funding made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021.

California’s independent legislative analyst is warning that the state faces a nearly $18 billion deficit.

The Trump administration is suing California, asking the state to end its policies allowing students without legal status to access in-state tuition and financial aid. But the administration’s legal argument is weak, according to top legal experts

California’s online gaming is going through changes, this time with Assembly Bill 831 (AB 831) stepping in. The bill aims to crack down on online sweepstakes casinos and certain fantasy sports operators that have long existed in a regulatory gray zone.

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.