New statewide reports show steep drops in homicide, violent and property crime for 2025. Officials and researchers say the data can guide policy while readers weigh reporting caveats.

AB 713 would let undocumented students access paid campus jobs at UC, CSU and community colleges; it cleared a Senate committee and now goes to Appropriations.

San José closed what it calls California's first standalone ADU condominium this month: a 749‑sq‑ft two‑bed that sold for $530,000. City officials and a developer call it a test of a new path to ownership under AB 1033.

Sunnyvale council approved increases to water, sewer and garbage rates that add about $12.43 to a typical single‑family monthly utility bill.

Prologis is moving to convert a 302,843‑sqft South San Jose warehouse into a tech-ready data and research hub that city filings peg at roughly 49 megawatts of power.

Sunnyvale reopened its Community Center grounds on May 21 after a nearly five-year, $14M renovation that added two acres of open space, new play areas and redesigned ponds.

Hollister police say a 45‑year‑old man was arrested after he allegedly brandished a firearm outside a business on June 19; camera footage helped detectives identify the vehicle.

Prologis paid $14 million for a 14‑acre parcel at 455 Piercy Road in South San Jose that had been eyed for a 121,000‑plus‑square‑foot warehouse.

San José police declared an unlawful assembly downtown and ordered the crowd to disperse, warning of possible use of LRAD and less‑lethal rounds.

El Camino Health has finished a $149M Orchard Pavilion expansion in Mountain View, adding private NICU suites and 19 labor-and-delivery rooms to boost maternal care. The phased, four-year project kept the hospital open throughout.

Roseville‑based Adventist Health filed a WARN notice saying 125 positions will be cut across multiple California counties as it centralizes quality and risk teams.

Blue Water Seafood and Crab passed its follow-up inspection with flying colors — no live bugs, temperatures corrected, oyster tags in order. Seventeen days later, one cockroach nymph on a wall ended it all over again.

Mountain View Council adopted a Community Ownership Action Plan on June 23 and moved roughly $5M into a preservation fund aimed at protecting about 50 rent‑controlled units.