San Jose, San Francisco and other California cities are ramping up efforts to ticket and tow vehicles that shelter homeless on city streets.

The DA's Cold Case Unit said the body of Jeanette Ralston, then 24-years-old and living in San Mateo, was found in the back seat of her Volkswagen Beetle near a San Jose apartment complex in 1977. Police said she had been strangled and raped, and the killer had tried unsuccessfully to burn the car.

Attorney General Rob Bonta said undercover inspections of unsecured dumpsters at 16 different Kaiser facilities found sanitizers, medical tubes with body fluids, pharmaceuticals and over 10,000 paper patient records.

Federal agencies agreed to suspending payment of a $6 million fine because of Edmodo’s “inability to pay.”

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.

Last week, at least 65 students at Los Gatos High School tested positive for Covid. Nationwide, new Covid infections have increased substantially in the past month, with California adding more than 158,000 new cases during that time.

The three new congressional districts for the San Jose metro area include the first majority Latino district, and another that is the first predominantly Asian district.

Speier said in announcing that she will not seek re-election that it was “time to be more than a weekend wife, mother and friend.”

Carl Oosterman’s job at the museum and zoo involved extensive contact with children, including leading educational camping trips.

Police are currently looking for any additional victims who may have had contact with Rojo. 

The stock market has soared to new heights, prompting a record number of Silicon Valley companies to go public.

The vaccine rollout has been chaotic, according to news reports and hundreds of emails sent by The New York Times' California Today readers.

The $1.9 trillion bill includes monthly payments for families with children and $1,400 checks for millions of Americans.

On March 23, the San Mateo-based company furloughed 65 percent of its workforce in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Gov. Gavin Newsom said he urged the AG to intervene in the case because of its implications for the rest of the state.

San Mateo police Officer Robert Davies, 40, was booked in jail Thursday on charges of contacting a minor to commit a felony.