San Jose CA

In his recent San José Spotlight op-ed, HomeFirst CEO René Ramirez wrote, “Punishing people for being poor will not make tents disappear.”. He’s right. But poverty isn’t only punished by cities or police. It’s punished inside the very systems that claim to be fighting it.

MOUNTAIN VIEW: REP. LICCARDO WARNS OF POTENTIAL CLOSURE OF DISCOUNT GROCERY STORE FOR MILITARY VETERANS

A man was arrested after allegedly grabbing a woman inappropriately while riding a bicycle in Redwood City. Police have also identified him as a suspect in three similar public assaults since July.

Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a 57-year-old woman on suspicion of stabbing a man to death in a Contra Costa County home, police said.

Federal officials have called off a planned immigration enforcement action for the entire Bay Area, according to Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee.

It may have been in business for nearly an entire century, but this beloved California restaurant chain has finally closed down its last location.

In a surprising encounter, a local resident had a close encounter with a grey fox while feeding feral kittens at the back of their apartment complex. The fox, which was not much bigger than a cat, came running around the corner of the building and nearly approached the resident and the kittens. The resident, the...

Meta is cutting hundreds of jobs in its AI division as part of a broader restructuring to streamline operations, according to Axios. The layoffs affect the FAIR AI research, product, and AI infrastructure teams, while the newly formed TBD Lab remains unaffected and is still hiring. Employees were told they...

Yesterday, a Coast Guard spokesperson, Petty Officer Graves, confirmed to The Oaklandside that a federal “operation” was underway and that the Coast Guard’s facilities in Alameda, on a small island connected to Oakland by a single road, would be providing support to Customs and Border Protection. Later...

In a move mirroring actions taken by other California localities, San Jose leaders are looking to keep ICE operations off city-owned properties. As detailed in a San José Spotlight article, Councilmembers Peter Ortiz, Domingo Candelas, and Rosemary Kamei spearheaded a unanimous decision by the Rules and Open...