San Jose Inside

Bay Area residents got a shock with the hike in their January energy bills.  Those rates will increase—again—in April. These rising energy bills follow higher bills for insurance, food, water and medicine – not to mention the already-punishing cost of rent or a mortgage.  The bills are just too damn high. Contrary to the belief of some, these higher bills aren’t simply the result of some generalized “inflation,” which declined sharply in recent months.  Rather, specific policy choices got us to this place—and it’s long past time for relief for millions of American families.

Santa Clara Police Department officers arrived in the area of the Feb. 20 fatal shooting, and arrested the suspect as he walked on the sidewalk of White Oak Lane.

The Registered Nurses Professional Association said 97% of its members – whose contract expired Oct. 29 – voted to authorize a strike if no agreement is reached on union demands for better working conditions, pay raises and improved benefits.

One suspect in one of the three separate San Jose homicide incidents is in custody, the prime suspect in another killing died in a car accident while fleeing the scene and one or more suspects in a fatal shooting remained at large as of today.

Santa Clara police identified the man in the apartment where the boy’s body was found as Sergio Colin Gomez. They said he resisted arrest and after a brief struggle, was taken into custody at the scene of the homicide.

Members of the California Faculty Association approved a two-year agreement that the union and administration hammered out after a strike last month that lasted one day.

Over 45 terrifying minutes in March 2023, Eliobert Gonzalez repeatedly threatened to kill the San Jose family and cut off their heads if they didn’t help him get back into his old apartment.

The Hollister Democrat unveiled the California Retail Theft Reduction Act, which he described as critical legislation to address a serious crime that’s hurting businesses and impacting communities.

Learning loss during the pandemic hit California's low-income students hardest. An agreement requires the state to focus spending on additional teaching.

Dileep Kumar Reddy Kamujula was sentenced to six months behind bars and ordered to forfeit $130,369, according to a statement from the U.S. Attorney's Office for Northern California.

VTA said it anticipates a steady delivery rate of six buses per week starting this week, with a completely new fleet expected to be operational in the coming month as VTA decommissions most of its remaining diesel buses.

The 250-bed Regional Medical Center, the only hospital in East San Jose, cited less demand as reasons for the cutbacks in services.

One complaint alleges that a retired California Highway Patrol officer sexually harassed and sexually battered a female employee at a San Jose CHP facility.

Two men have been charged with multiple felonies as “financial predators” for bilking unsuspecting investors of more than $2.3 million for phony business deals.

Patrick Allen Bournes was among a violent mob that confronted law enforcement officers near the Lower West Terrace Tunnel of the U.S. Capitol in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.