A case involving three teenage suspects, a stolen SUV and a police shooting in San Jose has prompted renewed discussion about youth violence and crime prevention efforts in the city.
San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is betting California voters want a Democrat focused less on ideology and more on results - casting himself as the Silicon Valley candidate best positioned to regulate artificial intelligence without stifling innovation.
"Every time we see Mahan's commercials that he's running for governor based on solving homelessness, I think everyone who works in homelessness just sort of laughs." The safe sleeping site was opened last September with the goal of being a temporary stop for homeless people but now, San Jose says it doesn't have the money to keep the hub open.
Multiple candidates in the California governor's race are in the Bay Area this weekend trying to make an impression on voters just one month away from the June primary. Meanwhile, ballots are already arriving in mailboxes for registered voters.
Former State Controller Betty Yee's exit from California's already crowded governor's race -- and her subsequent endorsement of Tom Steyer -- is reigniting a long-running debate over whether the state's top-two primary system is narrowing the field too early and reshaping political decision-making behind the scenes.
San Jose City Council voted on Tuesday on a plan that would restrict the use of Flock cameras and its data. It comes after several Bay Area cities ended their contracts with the automated license plate reader company over data security breaches.