San Jose Inside

Spinning off parks from underfunded government departments to entities that work closely with them has created “a golden age” for urban parks.

California law requires law enforcement agencies to release body cam footage of police shootings. Many departments shape those images into stories they want to tell.

A new loan program for first-time home buyers only served a couple thousand borrowers, most of them white, non-Latino and living in the Sacramento area.

One day after the police union announced it would hire an independent investigator, San Jose Police Chief Anthony Mata said on Twitter there would be no internal departmental investigation of possible police officer involvement in illegal activities at the 1,100-member union.

The San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP wants an independent, transparent, and comprehensive investigation of the SJPOA and any public agency named in association with the alleged international fentanyl smuggling network.

The March 27 purchase by First Citizens Bancshares of all assets and liabilities of the failed Silicon Valley Bank did not include a community reinvestment pledge signed by SVB in 2021 as part of an acquisiton of Boston Private Bank.

Accelerated by the COVID pandemic, a shift by state officials toward emails and written statements is making it more difficult for journalists to be watchdogs for Californians.

Cindy Chavez’ strong Democratic Party and organized labor credentials had vaulted the Santa Clara County supervisor to the top of the list of candidates for Chief Administrative Officer, but these strengths could prove to be her undoing.

The county said the company and several affiliated individuals were transporting hazardous concrete slurry waste from construction sites to a remote property in Almaden Valley.

he San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted today to rehire retiring Chief Administrative Officer Helen Robbins-Meyer to stay on until her replacement is hired May 2.

Former U.S. Women's National Team players Brandi Chastain, Leslie Osborne, Danielle Slaton and Aly Wagner announced Tuesday that the National Women's Soccer League has awarded expansion rights to their team, which has not yet announced a name or home stadium.

The final decision for who gets the $300,000-plus-per-year job running day-to-day operations of San Diego County could come in the next few weeks.

At the same time, as the layoffs continued a six-month trend of Silicon Valley downsizing, overall statewide employment slipped slightly, unemployment claims grew and the total number of unemployed Californians grew.

Jie Suo, 56, of Milpitas, pleaded guilty to one count of obstructing or impeding the administration of Internal Revenue laws

Enrollment is down at the University of California and the Cal State system, which has frustrated lawmakers who gave both systems more money to increase their number of students. Parents say their children who have with GPAs above 4.0 but aren’t accepted to a UC of their choice.