California’s unemployment rate rises to highest in the country as layoffs mount
California lost a net 6,100 jobs, including 9,900 layoffs in business and professional services. Health care and government saw job gains, but other sectors all shrank.
L.A. wildfires broke record for costliest in the history of the planet
A new insurance industry report pegs the final insured losses of the Eaton and Palisades fires at $40 billion, making them the costliest wildfire events in global history.
Immigration crackdown causing labor shortages to California’s construction industry
"They're hiding. People aren't willing to come to work," a Los Angeles contractor told CBS News.
Trash company announces tentative agreement to end garbage strike
Republic Services and Teamsters Local 439 have reportedly reached a tentative agreement to end the strike that disrupted garbage and recycling collection across the Bay Area for nearly two weeks.
Man walking across San Jose freeway struck, killed Friday
(KRON) — A man was struck and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 280 in San Jose Friday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol. The fatal collision was reported just before 5 a.m. on northbound I-280 just south of Highway 17. CHP said a pedestrian was walking across the freeway for an unknown reason […]
Man charged with murdering Baby Phoenix and Baby Winter in San Jose
SAN JOSE, Calif. (KRON) — A San Jose man who was called “baby killer” by a key witness appeared in court Friday to face new murder charges. Philip Michael Ortega was previously charged with murdering Baby Winter, who was poisoned at home by fentanyl allegedly supplied to her parents by Ortega. The Santa Clara County...
SJ cracks down on issuing citations for expired vehicle registrations
The city of San Jose announced an increase in vehicle citations. This is after DMV data found thousands of vehicles with registrations that had been expired for more than six months.
Republic Services and union reach deal, ending nearly 2-week-long strike to resume trash pickup
Republic Services and the union on Friday reached a tentative agreement, ending the nearly two-week-long strike that impacted garbage pickup services across multiple Bay Area cities.
CA bill would fine stores for theft of their shopping carts
(The Center Square) - The California Senate and now a key Assembly committee have passed a bill that would allow cities to charge businesses up to $650 for returning shopping carts stolen from them. The measure, Senate Bill 753, was introduced at the urging of the city of San Jose, which faces major homelessness and...
Unusual weather vortex in California could bring thunderstorms, rain
Parts of Southern California awoke to thunderstorms as monsoonal moisture primed the atmosphere for lightning and downpours. But this wasn’t the most unusual weather phenomenon in the state on Friday.
