Economy | Santa Clara County approves $12.5 billion budget The county was facing a $250 million deficit.
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Economy | South Bay must build more housing for cutting-edge tech and AI jobs: expert By George Avalos June 14, 2024 at 4:10 a.m. The South Bay must replace empty office buildings with housing to accommodate cutting-edge tech jobs,...
Business | Medical debt could vanish from credit reports. What to do now By Nerdwallet June 13, 2024 at 11:53 a.m. Here’s what to watch out for and what you can do now to protect your...
Supreme Court rules Concord man can’t trademark ‘Trump too small’ By Associated Press June 14, 2024 at 4:21 a.m. The phrase is a reference to verbal jousting that began with Marco Rubio's comment about...
Downplaying AI’s existential risks is a fatal error, some say By Tribune News Service June 13, 2024 at 10:39 a.m. Lawmakers propose a framework that would establish federal oversight of so-called frontier AI models to guard against...
Crowd of 20 people robs Sunnyvale jewelry store, police say By Caelyn Pender June 14, 2024 at 11:11 a.m. The suspects smashed display cases and grabbed valuables before leading police on multiple pursuits as...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Real Estate | Grand jury rips county housing agency over San Jose real estate blunder By George Avalos June 14, 2024 at 4:26 a.m. A grand jury has scorched a Santa Clara County housing agency for blunders in its...
Business | Larry Magid: Hearing aids are cool now By Larry Magid June 14, 2024 at 4:27 a.m. I’m not claiming that these hearing aids make me any cooler or, as my generation...
California has No. 1 US wage gap between haves and have-nots By Jon Lansner June 13, 2024 at 7:24 a.m. There's a 146% difference between California's top half salaries vs. the bottom half. Nationally, there's...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Transportation | California EV sales hit record level, but other states seem to have lost interest By Kristin J. Bender June 14, 2024 at 5:10 a.m. Nearly 1 in every 4 Californians who bought a car the first quarter of this...
SUBSCRIBER ONLY Economy | Diablo Canyon nuke plant could trigger higher PG&E customer bills, experts warn By George Avalos June 13, 2024 at 2:48 p.m. Some estimates say the operating costs are rising far faster than originally thought.