San Jose Inside

Take a walk through the neighborhoods of East San Jose, Berryessa or Milpitas, and you’ll discover a city that looks different from the profile featured in tech magazines.

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan didn’t get the immediate boost his campaign had hoped for in Rep. Eric Swallwell’s withdrawal as a candidate and a member of Congress, but the mayor did qualify for the stage at a critical statewide debate April 22.

The 32-year-old suspect was arrested Sunday without incident after barricading himself in a home, where he had threatened the resident with a machete.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan both oppose a 5% one-time tax on the state’s 200-plus billionaires, a proposed ballot initiative that is supported by all other Democratic gubernatorial candidates.

Supporters of Matt Mahan see a rare opportunity in Eric Swalwell’s demise, as one independent campaign committee supporting the San Jose mayor pulled in $12 million in new and previously committed contributions from wealthy donors since Friday.

In September 2025, Nizamuddin Mohammed was shot by police after he suddenly started stabbing his unarmed roommate.

The East Bay congressman continued to deny the allegations in a post on social media Sunday but apologized to his family for “mistakes in judgment.”

The East Bay congressman who is leading all Democratic gubernatorial candidates in some polls is accused by at least two former staffers of multiple sexual assaults, further roiling the California governor primary battle.

Democrat Tom Steyer, a billionaire running for California governor, and his wife, Kat Taylor, reported a total annual income of $39 million, topping the list.

Longtime San Lorenzo Valley residents, a recent arrival, firefighters and a vacationer tell their stories about the early-morning quake, the biggest in 35 years.

To encourage housing developers to build more homes inside factories, state government might get into the construction insurance business.

The county contributed $1 million from its Measure A Affordable Housing Bond to help transform a historic building into four units of affordable housing.

The change to SBA loans could have a huge impact on California, which has the most small businesses and the largest immigrant population in the nation. 

San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan is the fundraising leader among those half-dozen at the debate..

The Stanford-trained Ph.D. chemist helped modernize the Oakland Police Department’s forensics laboratory.