The California Journalism Preservation Act directs big tech companies to pay publishers a “journalism usage fee” each time they use local news content and sell advertising alongside it. In turn, the bill requires news publishers to invest 70% of the profits from the usage fee in journalism jobs.

It’s unclear whether a ban on convincing video forgeries, known as deepfakes, would pass constitutional muster.

Good Times is an affiliate of New SV Media, which publishes the Gilroy Dispatch—a sister publication of Metro and San Jose Inside.

For the third straight year Metro Silicon Valley won top honors for investigative reporting and its arts and entertainment coverage.

City officials and free press advocates are at odds over whether police video and other records related to a 2018 shooting should be made public.

Body-cams, 911 calls and dash cams will be more accessible under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown this month.

The California News Publishers Association honored the work of Metro Silicon Valley with six journalism awards.