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Chavez Announces She Won’t Run for Mayor in 2024
If no other candidate emerges, Mayor Matt Mahan will be the first unopposed mayoral candidate since the first popular election of a San Jose mayor in 1966.
San Jose Gets Low Marks for ‘Zombie Survivability’
Travel website's analysis of top U.S. cities ranks San Jose No. 5, among 'the worst cities to live in for a zombie outbreak.'
UC Berkeley and NASA Announce New $2B Space Research Center in Mountain View
The Berkeley Space Center will launch technological breakthroughs in fields such as astronautics, quantum computing, climate studies and social sciences, in facilities on 36 acres at NASA Ames.
Newsom Veto Lets California Counties Continue Taking Foster Kids’ Money
States across the United States are banning the practice of billing kids for the cost of their foster care. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar effort in California, citing costs to the state.
Mayor, Council Members Call for Independent Study of Care at Animal Shelter
San Jose's Animal Care Center has experienced years of staffing challenges and is caring for a record number of animals amid a nationwide shelter crisis.
Gov. Newsom’s Pen Creates Winners and Losers
Juror pay, cannabis cafes and psychedelics got the axe. Water rights, workers’ rights and renters’ rights were signed.
Builders, Landlords, Renters in Debate Over Rooftop Solar Panels
The California Public Utilities Commission is considering a rule that would gut the payments that solar panels on apartment buildings receive. Why are so many housing groups mad about it?
Cost of BART Link Through San Jose Soars to $12.2 Billion
VTA now projects the cost of the final phase of extending BART into downtown San Jose and Santa Clara will be more than 30% higher, and take three years longer, to 2036, to complete.
To Keep Home Insurers in California, State Regulars Say Rates Will Have to Increase
Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara unveiled a plan to shore up the California insurance market for homeowners, in which insurers would return to wildfire zones, but would have an easier path to rate increases.
California Cities Take Frustration over Growing Homeless Camps to U.S. Supreme Court
Cities have often landed in court when trying to enforce camping bans, but the organizations said those cases haven’t clarified what’s allowed or required.
Late Changes to Newsom’s $6B Mental Health Bond ‘Horrifies’ Advocates
California voters likely will see a mental health ballot measure on the March 2024 election. One would issue a $6 billion bond to create housing for people with mental illnesses.
CA Cities Offer Range of Alternate Shelters When They Clear Homeless Camps
The definition of "adequate shelter" is at the heart of debates raging across California in the five years since a federal appeals court ruled that it’s cruel and unusual punishment to evict homeless people from public spaces when they have no other options.
California Gives $91M in Community Grants to Counter Increases in Hate Crimes
Hate crimes were up 20% in California in 2022, with those against transgender, Muslim and Black people increasing especially sharply.
Roommate-finding App Agrees to Pay $1.6M to Consumers for Fake Reviews and Listings
State attorneys general from six states, including California, and the Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement with room and roommate-finding platform Roomster and its owners.
Santa Clara County Law Enforcement Recovers Victims and Arrests Sex Traffickers at Local Hotels
The local enforcement, conducted July 19-30, was part of a national operation led by the FBI known as Operation Cross Country.
