Judge Evette Pennypacker ruled that Calvary Chapel San Jose is liable to pay the fines and interest after the church held indoor services and other gatherings and did not require attendees to wear a face covering.

If the free transfer project allowing riders who transfer between two or more transit agencies to pay only the full fare for the first transit agency they use is approved , transfers from BART to the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority, for example, could be discounted up to $2.50.

San Jose and San Francisco scored well in just one category -- investment -- with the San Jose metro area attracting the most venture capital funding of the 25 measured regions. San Francisco ranked eighth, near Philadelphia and New York.

Without additional revenue from fares, new taxes or some other source, BART is on track to run out of pandemic-era emergency relief funding by mid-2025.

The Almaden Reservoir, Uvas Reservoir and Coyote Lake in Santa Clara County are all above 100 percent of capacity, according to Santa Clara Valley Water. The Lexington Reservoir and Chesbro Reservoir are also above 75 percent.

Dr. Stanley Cohen was ordered to pay nearly $30 million to the Emeryville-based venture capital firm Alafi Capital and the Christopher Alafi Family Trust, the only two investors in Cohen's company Nuredis Inc.

The proposal would make it illegal for oil companies to charge excessive refining margins-- the price difference between the cost of crude oil pre-refinement and the cost of the product once it leaves the refinery.

The bill, SB 7, will take effect immediately, as it was approved as a so-called emergency statute.

Bars in both counties will also be allowed to reopen indoors at 25% capacity or 100 people.

California’s mask mandate requires people to wear a face covering at all times indoors or on public transit unless actively eating or drinking.

Vehicle traffic has also returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to Bay Area Air Quality Management District officials.

Just one-third of Santa Clara Countys 16- and 17-year-olds have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

New tax credits are also expected to lower premiums by an average of $180 per month for roughly 280,000 Bay Area residents.

The transit agency's ridership has hovered around 10% of pre-pandemic levels since the Covid-19 pandemic began last year.

People with information about the shooting are encouraged to contact SJPD’s Homicide Unit.

The state’s Department of Public Health issued a statement Tuesday urging a temporary pause on the vaccine’s administration.