San Jose CA

Governor Gavin Newsom touted a reduction in homelessness in the state; an issue that's been front and center in so many Bay Area cities - San Jose among them. In his final state of the state address, Newsom touted early data showing homelessness plummeted in California in 2025, the biggest drop in 15 years.

An e-bike rebate program run by a local energy agency had a massive impact in its first six months, with nearly 2,746 new e-bikes — including 762 in Oakland — subsidized in its first six months. Ava Community Energy, formerly East Bay Community Energy, partnered with the Alameda...

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Alameda County District Attorney’s Office has charged a man with murder in Oakland's first homicide of 2026. Police arrested 42-year-old Brian Spikes Hopkins in connection with the shooting death of 47-year-old Edward Williams. Investigators say Williams was shot and killed near 20th Street and...

The last big Budweiser outpost in the Bay Area is going dark after a reported $54 million hit, ending a half century of industrial-scale beer making in Fairfield and leaving a hole in the region’s manufacturing map. The shutdown of the Fairfield Budweiser brewery is more than a corporate cost-cutting move, it is a...

The new law was positioned as an antidote to unidentified men in fatigues grabbing people off the street, but legal proceedings have stalled it. The post Long Beach and California say they won’t yet enforce mask ban on federal agents appeared first on Long Beach Post .

Constellatia Martin, a 27-year-old woman from Campbell, was sentenced to nine years in prison after she pleaded no contest to charges of felony vehicular manslaughter, reckless driving with an enhancement for great bodily injury, and a hit-and-run enhancement, as part of a plea deal with San Mateo County prosecutors....

Sonoma County officials warned people against eating wild mushrooms after a local resident died.

California’s latest fight over how to tax extreme wealth has taken an unexpected turn, with the top elected leader of Silicon Valley’s biggest city breaking ranks with his own party. The Democratic mayor of San Jose, Matt Mahan, is opposing a proposed billionaire tax that supporters say would shore up health care and...

California’s latest push to tax extreme wealth has collided head‑on with a familiar Bay Area anxiety: what happens if the people who fund so much of the region’s economy simply leave. As state leaders float a new levy on billionaires, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has emerged as one of the most prominent local voices...

San Francisco Bay Ferry has launched a new commute-hour concert series, booking musicians on Friday nights in January and turning the boats into floating parties.