The governor threw communities into disarray two weeks ago by withholding $1 billion in homelessness funding for plans he saw as unambitious. Local officials said this discouraged ambitious programs. Now Newsom is yielding.

Separate shooting deaths boosted the 2022 homicide total in San Jose to 35.

Chavez would have to increase her winning percentage of the approximately 57,000 uncounted ballots to 55%, in order to wipe out Mahan's lead.

The Sunday ballot count in the San Jose mayoral election showed Mahan with 103,241 votes,  or 50.89%. Chavez had 98,610 votes, or 49.11%.

Police said the suspect worked as a physical therapist for the California Children’s Services, where the survivor was receiving physical therapy treatments from the suspect due to a medical condition. They encouraged any other victims to come forward.

In a 32-page report released this week, the investigation by San Francisco law firm Renne Public Law Group affirmed seven of 21 allegations Kremen that the board had accumulated from employees, most of them anonymous; rejected 10 allegations and reported there was insufficient evidence in another four.

The capybara sisters were born at a zoo in Texas, early in October and were transferred to Happy Hollow at the recommendation of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Capybara Species Survival Plan. Capybaras are not endangered, but their native habitat in the Amazon Rainforest is.

Police said five masked suspects took part in an early morning robbery at Peters Bakery Aug. 17, in Alum Rock, with two men holding bakery employees at knifepoint,

A father and son who are the owners of two commercial cleaning companies in San Jose were arrested this week after state officials allege they underreported $12 million in payroll to save on paying workers compensation insurance. Edgardo Cabrales Sr., 61, and his son, Edgar Cabrales Jr., 36, are charged with five felony counts each of insurance fraud, following an investigation by the California Department of Insurance. The investigation into the Cabrales' companies, Pine Building Maintenance and Network Facility Management, began after officials suspected the businesses of fraud.

The network is now available in neighborhoods near Independence High School and Andrew P. Hill High School.

Firearm owners are encouraged to apply for a city of San Jose insurance attestation form to provide proof of insurance coverage.

The Department of Motor Vehicles is required by law to screen motor-voter registrations, and county elections officials say they rely on this information to send out ballots.

Detectives said they located and recovered seven ounces of cocaine, a makeshift crack-cocaine conversion laboratory, several thousand dollars cash, multiple casino machines and stolen retail property.

Breeze of Innovation was selected in 2019 in a juried international competition. The civic monument is intended to pay homage to the San Jose Light Tower, which stood at Market and Santa Clara streets from 1881 to 1915.

Police said Owens over three weeks had solicited inappropriate images on social media from the girl, and made arrangements to pick her up, and n at least one occasion drove her to school.

A parent of the student at Kipp Navigate College Prep on Sept. 20 reported to San José police that she had located messages from an adult male on her daughter's phone.