San Jose CA

A new state law goes into effect on Jan. 1 that will make it easier for the city to remove dilapidated recreational vehicles that are parked for long periods of time on public streets, becoming a nuisance in neighborhoods. Assembly Bill 630, which was authored by state Assemblyman Mark Gonzalez,...

Some California tortillas are in for a big change in 2026.

Starting Jan. 1, Californians can request the removal of their personal information from online platforms. The new Delete Request and Opt-out Platform (DROP) launched by the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) aims to make it easy for California residents to delete personal information collected and sold by...

Starting today, the minimum wage in California rose by 40 cents, from $16.50 to $16.90, according to the California Department of Industrial Relations.

SAN FRANCISCO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill banning ICE and other law enforcement officials from wearing ski masks or other forms of extreme face coverings, a move supporters say is aimed at increasing transparency and public safety amid growing concerns about unidentifiable officers. The...

NORTHSTATE, Calif. — A new law will ban cat declawing in California. For the procedure, a cat’s front claws are removed, which includes part of a cat’s finger being amputated for the front feet. Assemblymember Alex Lee, author of the legislation, Assembly Bill 867, said, in part,...

Approximately 325,000 Real ID holders in California need to contact the DMV to ensure their IDs remain valid due to a legacy system issue from 2006.

On Sunday in Palo Alto, a man, later identified as Andru Sheldon, a 20-year-old from Redwood City, was arrested for a flurry of criminal activities spanning two cities, including robbery and fleeing the scene of a hit-and-run, as released in a joint press statement by the Palo Alto and East Palo Alto Police...

There was a baby boy born in San Leandro just a few minutes after midnight last night, making him likely to have been the Bay Area's first birth of 2026. A baby boy whose name is not being made public was born at 12:03 am on January 1, 2026, at Kaiser Permanente San Leandro Medical Center.

The historically significant, 57-foot-long Great Refractor telescope near San Jose is in serious danger, after 110 mile-per-hour winds ripped a steel crescent off the Lick Observatory’s roof, and more storms are on the way. In the wee early hours of Christmas Day, Mount Hamilton’s Lick Observatory in Santa Clara...