A bill awaiting the governor’s signature that makes it harder for consumers to get refunds for defective cars under the state’s lemon law was drafted in secret by auto manufacturers and attorneys.

Residents in single-family dwellings whose collection day was Friday should leave their recycling carts out today until the material is collected. Residents who have junk pickup service scheduled for Friday, should leave their items out to be collected today,

The contests for mayor of San Jose, Santa Clara County sheriff, all four of the contested San Jose City Council races and the one contested county supervisor race will have runoff elections in November with the top two finishers.

Supervisors voted unanimously to give $3 million to a Planned Parenthood office in San Jose to help expand its medical and reproductive care services n anticipation of an increase in women both in the county and from other states seeking abortion services. 

A workplace tech accountability bill sponsored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat, would force employers to tell workers they’re being spied on and would ban surveillance outside of work.

The bill for single-payer health care in California didn’t even get a vote in the state Assembly after its author, Rep. Ash Kalra of San Jose, couldn’t round up enough support before a Jan. 31 deadline.

Assemblymember Ash Kalra, a San Jose Democrat who chairs the Assembly labor and employment committee, said that where labor organizing campaigns have failed in low-wage industries, the government needs to act. 

Ash Kalra of San Jose leads a group of Democratic legislators that Thursday unveiled a package of bills to create a universal health care program funded by new taxes.

The new law didn’t fulfill promises of change, some say. Now the measure is starting to having ripple effects across the state.

About a dozen people are jockeying for the role, including two local leaders with differing views about how to tackle criminal justice reform.

Public defenders are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to name the Silicon Valley lawmaker—a former defense attorney—to the AG post.

In Padilla and Weber, Californians get their first Latino U.S. Senator and first Black female secretary of state.

Housing advocates have been sounding the alarm on what they say will be an unparalleled wave of evictions early next year.

Fast food chains have come under increased scrutiny under the pandemic—and not a moment too soon, according to labor activists.

The 25-year-old progressive rode a wave of young voter turnout to become the youngest state lawmaker in more than 80 years.

It’s a remarkable development for the fundraising powerhouse, which has long served as a political counterweight to South Bay Labor.