California Bans Face Coverings For On-Duty Law Enforcement Officers
California's Senate Bill 627 bans face coverings for on-duty law enforcement officers to enhance transparency and public trust. Exemptions include SWAT teams and medical masks.
East San Jose school district waits for burned youth center assessment
As an East San Jose school district gets quotes to potentially demolish a former vacant youth center that caught fire last month, advocates are still attempting to save it. The Alum Rock Union School District is still weighing what needs to be done with the former Mexican American Community Services Agency (MACSA)...
California Wildfire Threatens Thousand-Year-Old Giant Sequoias
The Garnet Fire has burned nearly 60,000 acres in California’s Sierra National Forest. Over the past few days, the fire has come uncomfortably close to burning trees that have stood for thousands of years. The McKinley Grove of giant sequoias is an area of the national forest where a cluster of around 200 of these...
Millions of Californians at risk of losing Medi-Cal coverage as rules tighten
Medi-Cal is facing its biggest overhaul in years. New work rules, fees and dental cuts could put at least 3.4 million Californians at risk of losing coverage.
Cat declawing may soon become illegal in California
A bill looking to make it illegal for anybody, besides a veterinarian, to declaw cats in California is waiting for Governor Gavin Newsom’s signature.
‘I was shocked’: Annual draining of Menlo Park pond alarms residents
The city of Menlo Park said it relocates turtles and other aquatic life before its annual emptying and refilling of the Duck Pond.
This Bay Area commute is so bad that people are quitting jobs to escape...
It’s been called the worst commute in the U.S., and residents of this Bay Area city are worried it’s going to get worse.
New California factory abruptly closes as business downturn intensifies
As if California needed more bad news… What with the ICE raids… And a string of factory closures… And of course all the negative impacts from the trade war. Many…
‘Extensive debris field’ found in deadly plane crash near San Jose
A small aircraft crashed Friday afternoon in the remote hills east of San Jose, leaving one person dead, officials said.
Latino Communities Contend with the Mental Health Toll of Increased Immigration Enforcement
Here are the morning’s top stories on Tuesday, September 9, 2025…. California’s landmark climate program — known as cap-and-trade — could soon be getting new life. Governor Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders reached a deal Wednesday to extend the market-based limits on greenhouse gas emissions until 2045.
