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Jussie Smollett’s conviction in 2019 attack on himself is overturned
Chicago's highest court ruled on Smollett’s argument that a special prosecutor should not have been allowed to intervene after the local state’s attorney initially dropped charges.
Larry Magid: Navigating gifts, giving and online safety
Beware of grinches that lurk this time of year
Vince and Debbie Burgio light up their West Hills house for Christmas
They met at a Parents Without Partners gathering long ago, but soon learned they were both originally from Missouri.
Conspiracy theorist RFK Jr. is wrong choice for a cabinet post
The real worries about President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy as secretary of health and human services have nothing to do with his support of raw milk.
‘Bomb cyclone’ storm expected to detonate in East Bay and South Bay on Friday
The rain is expected to continue with only a slight break through early next week.
US Justice Department seeks Google Chrome sale to curb monopoly
The US Justice Department and a group of states proposed major changes to Alphabet Inc.’s Google — including a forced sale of the company’s Chrome web browser — after a landmark ruling that the tech giant illegally monopolized online search.
Hot to trot: Where to find Turkey Trot events in San Jose, Oakland, San Francisco and around the Bay Area
Bay Area's Turkey Trot menu loaded this Thanksgiving for serious and not-so serious runners.
Kaiser preps construction project for modern hospital in San Jose
Construction of a new state-of-the-art Kaiser Permanente hospital is getting underway in San Jose.
California colleges grapple with free speech
As California public universities try to balance campus safety with students’ right to protest, community colleges are squaring off in court with students and staff who argue that the schools are violating their freedom of speech, explains CalMatters community college reporter Adam Echelman. Since 2020, there have been at least seven lawsuits filed by professors []
When ‘compostables’ are actually garbage
Designed to replace plastic, popular "compostables" can't always go into your green bin.
California lets defendants challenge racism in court. Few have succeeded
A Garrison Project and CalMatters analysis of the Racial Justice Act found about a dozen successful cases in which judges took action on racial bias in the legal process.
Conservative professors and students are suing California’s community colleges, and winning
In numerous lawsuits, conservative professors and students allege that California’s community colleges are hindering their right to free speech under the First Amendment.
California’s ‘Trump-proofing’ likely won’t include AI — at least not yet
President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind an executive order that imposed AI safeguards, and could use tech to enable mass deportations. How far will California go in the other direction?
House has ‘numerous’ photos from women who say they were paid a total of more than $10,000 by Gaetz for sex, lawyer says
Two women who claim they were paid for sex by former Rep. Matt Gaetz provided House ethics investigators with “numerous” photos related to time they spent with the Florida Republican, a lawyer for the women said Tuesday, including from an alleged 2019 trip to New York.
Morgan Hill welcomes 73 units of affordable housing to help farmworkers, homeless residents
Royal Oak Village will add 73 units of affordable housing to Morgan Hill, with special units for homeless and farmworker families.
Google unveils unique and eco-friendly mass timber Sunnyvale office
Google has unveiled its first mass timber office building, a cutting-edge and eco-friendly structure in Sunnyvale.
Cal State is trying to save its smallest campus by merging it with Cal Poly
Due to financial collapse brought on by enrollment declines, Cal Maritime is poised to merge with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The merger is expected to pass a final vote by Cal State leaders tomorrow after being approved in committee today.
Expert witness: Santa Clara Vice Mayor Anthony Becker deleted Signal — the app he allegedly used to leak the 49ers report — off his phone following the leak
Data extracted from his phone shows he uninstalled the app the day he met with the DA's office.