The newly approved measure is expected to strengthen laws prohibiting the illegal possession of catalytic converters, marked or unmarked, and will enact stricter fines.

Forecasters say post frontal rain showers with a slight chance for thunderstorms will continue today. Rain showers are expected to linger into Tuesday before gradually decreasing from north to south.

In one of the scams, imposters claim to be court officials or law enforcement officers using fake badge numbers and photoshopped images to appear authentic.

The Santa Clara City Council serves as the governing board for the Stadium Authority and will consider the proposed naming rights extension at its next meeting next Tuesday.

The Jan. 23, 2023 shooting at two farms in Half Moon Bay killed seven people and injured one.

Unsettled weather is expected to continue as a series of storms aim at the California Coast. The next more significant storm may impact the region in the middle of next week.

In coastal areas, wind gusts will be as high as 40 mph and on Friday could be as high as 35 mph. 

Ian Parrish, 28, pleaded guilty in August to selling four pills to a person at a bar in Fremont the previous year, two of which were counterfeit "M30" pills designed to look like Percocet but contained fentanyl. TThe man died less than 30 minutes later.

Michael Brent Rothenberg, 39, was found guilty of obtaining $18 million via wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud and making false statements to a bank,

Before his arrest in March, Peter Karasev was allegedly making and trying out homemade explosives, as well as producing methamphetamine in his home.

Police Chief Anthony Mata said after Internal Affairs investigators early last week discovered racist text messages sent by Officer Mark McNamara, the officer resigned and would not be charged in connection with the 2022 shooting of young Black man, who recovered and has sued the city.

An infant that had been surgically removed from its mother who was killed in the vehicle collision in San Jose has now also died,

The new law also will support rural recycling options for consumers to redeem their deposit and improve recycling rates.

The body of Jami Narvaez, 35, of Modesto, was found on Oct. 9 along Mt. Pleasant Road in an unincorporated area of Santa Clara County.

The preliminary DUI pilot program in Santa Clara County will be limited to arrestees who are non-violent, first-time misdemeanor DUI arrestees to avoid spending time in jail, while receiving alcohol-related support services at the Mission Street Recovery Station in San Jose.

Negotiations had resumed after a three-day strike ended Saturday morning and included 75,000 members of the SEIU-UHW and aligned unions.