San Jose Inside

The state budget cut $5.5 million for school libraries. That money pays online fees for student research materials at school libraries.

California voters will decide on a high-stakes billionaire tax, an $11 billion affordable housing bond and new voter ID requirements.

Police arrested man after a home surveillance system captured a video of the sexual assault of a two-year-old.

In July 2025, a San Jose police officer shot and killed a heavily armed man dressed in military fatigues after he shot at officers.

The feds want to shift more money to homeless shelters that require sobriety, which could cost California nearly $238 million for permanent housing and put nearly 15,000 Californians back on the street.

Ahead of a June 25 deadline, California Democrats are striking deals with interest groups to kick several controversial measures off the November ballot.

Democratic leaders in California agree that speeding up the vote count would be nice. But they refuse to pursue any changes that would decrease voter access despite voter frustration with the slow trickle of results.

The endorsements come on the heels of Altwer winning the June primary election with 35.6% of the vote.

Arrests were made in the third and fourth domestic violence homicides so far this year in San Jose. There were five domestic violence murders in Santa Clara County during all of 2025.

Convicted arsonists Richard Tillman is the brother of the late Pat Tillman, an NFL star turned Army Ranger.

Soccer fans return to Levi’s Stadium again tonight for a 9pm match between Austria and Jordan.

State lawmakers’ budget plan would reject or delay many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s social service cuts. Now, the budget negotiations begin in earnest.

Though the report names six high-risk systems in use today, California state agencies have used some for several years.

Tom Steyer wrote a concession letter to his supporters, which he posted on X, saying it was clear he lacked the votes needed to make the runoff in November.

The Associated Press determined that Hilton had a big enough lead over Steyer to move on, predicting that Hilton would join Becerra on the Nov. 3 General Election ballot. The AP on Friday declared that Becerra had enough votes to move forward.