In addition to the San Jose Marriott, the deal includes the Ritz-Carlton in San Francisco and the Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, plus other hotels in California and Florida, with a total value of $3.8 billion.

Under the new plan, the state would almost eliminate oil and shift to renewable sources over the next two decades, but offers no update on the controversial polluting-trading market known as cap-and-trade.

The U.S. Drought Monitor report from May 3 shows 92% of California in a severe drought and about 40% of the state experiencing extreme drought conditions. 

A $300 penalty that California courts tack onto traffic and minor citations can cause the cost of a ticket to balloon. Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to reduce it by half but lawmakers want it gone.

The vote-by-mail ballots can be returned by mail, dropped off at any county Vote Center, or deposited in any one of 48 dropbox locations in San Jose or any one of the 55 dropbox locations in other cities in the county before 8pm June 7.

The California National Guard this month shipped protective gear and medical supplies, and the Office of Emergency Services has shipped five 50-bed field medical stations.

Meanwhile, San Jose Inside Power Poll respondents worry about Elon Musk taking over Twitter.

Interned in wartime as a Japanese American, Mineta went to Congress and became the first Japanese American cabinet officer, serving Bill Clinton and George W. Bush.

The California High-Speed Rail board approved a controversial alignment for a portion of the Merced to San Jose route.

The case against the sheriff will proceed because San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Nancy Fineman, in a ruling filed Thursday, rejected Smith’s requests that misconduct charges be dismissed.

BART reversed itself to reinstate masks, even though the California Department of Public Health also announced last week that it would align with the CDC and drop its own mask requirement for public transit and transit hubs like bus stations and airports.

San Jose's venerable Fairmont has been reinvented as Signia, a new modern luxury concept hotel.

At a press conference late this morning, San Jose police said the three suspects in custody have some connection to the family of kidnapped 3-month-old Brandon Cuellar, taken from his home Monday afternoon.

Twitter agreed to sell itself to Musk for $54.20 a share, a 38 percent premium over the company’s share price. It would be the largest deal to take a company private in at least two decades.

Settlement resolves class action lawsuits brought by customers of  San Jose-based Zoom, including a San Francisco church after 'zoombomber' streamed porn into a Bible study class in May 2020.

Roughly 360,000 UC and CSU students may soon receive about $1,000 to $3,000 to fund their educations this fall as part of California’s effort to make college debt-free. Another form of aid to help more community college students has a less clear path