Linda Miller has driven as far as East San Jose to feed strangers a warm lasagna, no questions asked, since 2023.

Gates open Wednesday at the fairgrounds on Tully Road, with cows, carnival rides and a new August slot for 2026.

The August 22 festival at Memorial Park pairs an award-winning Taiwanese youth choir with a Vietnamese Ao Dai fashion show.

Poorest Santa Cruz households could see monthly water bills climb from $60 to $111 as droughts worsen, researchers say.

Two high schoolers turned a youth nonprofit into a countywide policy win, with dozens more districts in their sights.

New Silicon Valley Pain Index data shows buying a typical San Jose home now takes an income above $460,000 a year.

An 84-acre Monterey County parcel beside Highway 68 is moving from conservation holding to tribal ownership, with wetlands, wildlife habitat and cultural plans in the mix.

A 59-year-old Sunnyvale woman was detained at a Buffalo airport and later moved to an ICE facility in Louisiana, her family says.

San Jose food pantry lines have nearly tripled since June as CalFresh changes, inflation and job losses push more residents toward emergency food aid.

A DMV-approved partner is adding surprise fees to California registration bills while lawmakers struggle to rein in the model.

A Shetland pony escaped in Evergreen and trotted through San Jose streets before officers tracked it down and returned it to its owner. No injuries were reported.

Community members in San Jose held a candlelit vigil to mourn two men shot during separate ICE operations and to press federal officials for footage and independent probes.

California now posts the nation’s priciest gas; Bay Area averages sit in the high‑$5s as crude and local supply strains push pump prices up.