Nina Fathizadeh, 41, and her 64-year-old mother, Shahin Gheblehshenas, are the owners of Happy Happy Daycare, a state-licensed facility in San Jose where two unattended children drowned in a backyard swimming pool Oct. 2.

For nearly three years, an increase in federal aid has allowed California to issue higher-than-usual amounts in food stamps. That ends in April.

Dozens of homeless residents lived in Fair Oaks Park until a construction project forced them out, despite the pandemic.

Nearly half of all deaths related to COVID-19 in California are linked to elder care facilities. That figure is more than 40 percent in the South Bay.

College students, senior citizens already miss out on food stamps—and now the feds want to make it harder to qualify for the benefits.

San Jose’s City Council will vote this week on whether to include rebuttal arguments on the ballot for the Evergreen homes initiative.