San Jose officials are pushing local rules and funding to shield immigrant residents as the city prepares for the 2026 Super Bowl and World Cup. Councilmember Peter Ortiz has authored a memo and wants $1.5M for immigration defense.

Insurance lenders recorded $23M on the long‑vacant Greyhound site in downtown San Jose. New owners say they’re prepared to build, but big hurdles remain.

Hundreds of performers packed Stanford's Paul Brest Hall to press lawmakers to pass AB 412, a California bill that would force AI companies to disclose copyrighted training data. The crowd included SAG‑AFTRA leaders and digital artists.

Mayor Matt Mahan led gubernatorial hopefuls through the new Cherry Avenue tiny‑home village and blamed Sacramento for cutting homelessness funding. He urged the next governor to step in.

Palo Alto city leaders voted to ban "vanlording," prohibiting renting RVs on public streets, with violators facing fines and towing. Concerns were raised about the impact on those reliant on RVs for housing due to costly traditional housing.

A vehicle fire spread to a garage in Loma Mar; multiple agencies, including CAL FIRE, responded. Firefighters, hindered by challenging access, contained the blaze quickly, preventing further damage.

A man used a BB gun in a road rage incident in Palo Alto, resulting in the arrest of 20-year-old Misael Enrique Zamora. The victim's car window was shattered during the confrontation.

A man in a mental health crisis was shot by South San Francisco police after charging at officers with a knife. He's in critical condition; investigations are ongoing.

A man was arrested at a Saratoga winery after attempting arson, throwing a wine bottle, crashing a Tesla, and resisting arrest, pending charges for assault and resisting arrest.

Police found two people with gunshot wounds in Redwood City; one died, and the other is critical, in what's investigated as a domestic homicide and attempted suicide.

An early-morning shooting in Willow Glen left one man dead and three others hospitalized; police closed Lincoln Avenue while detectives processed the scene. Investigators say the victims self-transported to local hospitals.

While Japanese authorities rushed to evacuate coastal communities facing 10-foot tsunami waves late Monday, officials quickly confirmed the Bay Area and Hawaii would be spared from any Pacific-wide impact. The powerful quake injured several at a Hachinohe hotel and prompted immediate nuclear facility safety checks across northern Japan.

A Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco upheld a TRO blocking OpenAI and Jony Ive from using 'io' to market hardware similar to startup iyO's voice‑only computer.