Santa Clara
San Jose City Mayor Sam Liccardo Pushing for Tuesday Vote On Mandatory Firearm Insurance and Annual Fee
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo made a final push Monday to make San Jose the first city in the USA to have mandatory gun ownership fees and liability insurance, via a City Council vote on Tuesday. According to the proposed...
Overreach in Technology Regulation Carries Multiple Risks
Last year, former chair of the U.S. National Science Board Diane Souvaine, PhD, testified before the Congressional Committee on Science, Space, & Technology on U.S. competitiveness in critical technologies. After warning that other countries such as those in East and...
Attorney General Rob Bonta Launches Civil Rights Investigation Into Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith
California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced on Wednesday that he would be launching a Civil Rights investigation into Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith. Smith, a graduate of San Jose State, California Polytechnic University at Pomona, and the FBI Academy,...
Smash and Grab ‘Flashmob’ Robbery in San Jose Thwarted
An attempted mass ‘flashmob’-style robbery over the weekend at a San Jose Macy’s that was thwarted by store security and the San Jose Police Department, has been hailed as one of the first successes in stopping the current smash-and-grab crime...
SJ City Council Approves $250,000 For License Plate Readers To Combat Bay Area Crime Wave
The San Jose City Council voted unanimously to spend $250,000 on a huge expansion of license plate readers earlier this week in an attempt to slow the growing number of robberies in the city and surrounding area. While crime in...
San Francisco Declares Water Emergency, Asks For 10% System-Wide Water Reduction
San Francisco Mayor London Breed, along with the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) announced on Tuesday that there is now a water shortage emergency in effect, calling for large reductions across the Bay-spanning system. According to the new emergency...