The tech world was abuzz as President-elect Donald Trump announced his latest appointment: David Sacks, a Silicon Valley stalwart, as the new czar for artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency.

New California laws taking effect Jan. 1 aim to make it easier to prosecute people accused of retail theft. Separately, voters passed Prop. 36 to toughen sentences for theft and drug offenses.

California saw its biggest increase in registered lobbyists last session since at least 2011, when a change in the law caused the number to more than double. There was a roughly 10% increase in the ...

To understand what happened with the state budget in 2024, you have to go back to 2023. That year Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats who control the Legislature decided against raiding the state’s ...

Tenant advocates suffered a big defeat this fall when California voters decided against expanding cities’ ability to limit rent increases. But a state law set to take effect Jan. 1 will give renters ...

San Jose police detectives have arrested a 19-year-old man for making illegal guns in his San Jose home and brazenly marketing them on social media. The arrest of Lucien Cabrera, 19, followed a nearly ...

Starting Jan. 1, alcohol and cannabis sales could expand in some parts of California thanks to two new laws that aim to increase central city foot traffic, which has yet to fully recover from the ...

A jury this month convicted a sex offender for a San Jose mall robbery he committed more than three decades ago. A Santa Clara County Superior Court jury deliberated over two days before convicting ...

New California laws taking effect Jan. 1 aim to make it easier to prosecute people accused of retail theft. Separately, voters passed Prop.

New California laws taking effect Jan. 1 aim to make it easier to prosecute people accused of retail theft. Separately, voters passed Prop.

The increase in lobbyists this year means there’s now at least one lobbyist for every legislative staff member.

DNA evidence tied Thomas Loguidice, 67, to a 1994 mall robbery, while he was serving a 40-year sentence in state prison after being convicted in 2012 of continuous sexual abuse of a child under 13 in ...