San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan publicly challenged GOP rival Steve Hilton on X, arguing leadership means standing up to power rather than echoing it.

San José crews knocked down a house fire on Indigo Drive Monday morning; all occupants escaped and one person received medical care at the scene.

Santa Rosa police arrested a 42-year-old after a 911 call about gunfire; officers recovered a loaded 9mm "ghost gun" and reported no injuries.

Anthropic teamed with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs on a roughly $1.5B venture to put Claude into private‑equity and mid‑market companies.

Oakland police say more than 70 ATVs and dirt bikes were recovered during a Bay Bridge sideshow sweep that snarled traffic and led to arrests. The department thanked CHP and SFPD for assisting.

A downtown Oakland wine bar plans to close in July, highlighting how slow the downtown recovery has been and why small businesses remain vulnerable.

A late-night head-on collision on Highway 1 near Moss Landing left three people dead and a 51-year-old driver arrested on suspicion of DUI. Jail records show manslaughter charges and $600,000 bail.

San Mateo police arrested a 43‑year‑old Pleasant Hill man after a decoy group alerted authorities that he arranged to meet what they believed was a minor.

Westerville-based Marzetti closed a $400M deal to buy Bachan’s, adding the Sebastopol-born Japanese barbecue sauce to its portfolio. The purchase brings a fast-growing, clean-label brand with about $87M in trailing sales.

SK hynix America paid $49.5M for a 112,000‑sq‑ft South San Jose building once vacated by a solar‑roof firm, public records show.

Two large insurers filed to change how California homeowners are charged under the state’s new insurance rules, a move that would affect roughly three‑quarters of a million policies.

A person walking on Hatch Road in Modesto was fatally struck by multiple vehicles late Sunday, police say.

A seven‑story, 320‑unit development has begun construction at 30 Ingold Road, bringing affordable homes, a public park and ground‑floor office space to north Burlingame.